How to store decimal in MySQL?

Question

I\'ve tried using DECIMAL with (2,2) but it won\'t let me use this.

I simply want to store a number, for example 7.50 or 10.50. I need to keep both numbers after th

Answer 1

The syntax is DECIMAL(M,D)

M - total length

D - digits right of the decimal point

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/fixed-point-types.html

The declaration syntax for a DECIMAL column is DECIMAL(M,D). The ranges of values for the arguments in MySQL 5.6 are as follows:

M is the maximum number of digits (the precision). It has a range of 1 to 65. (Older versions of MySQL permitted a range of 1 to 254.)

D is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point (the scale). It has a range of 0 to 30 and must be no larger than M.