Why can't I insert 10 digits when my column is INT(10)

Question

I have this column that\'s INT(10) ZEROFILL NOT NULL DEFAULT \'0000000000\',

But when I insert something like 9100000010, I get 42949

Answer 1

In MySQL, INT(10) does not mean that values are limited to 10-character values. It only means that MySQL will try to pad these values with spaces/zeroes when returning them.

The numeric range of any signed INT including INT(10), INT(5) or any other INT(n) is: -2,147,483,648 ... 2,147,483,647, which is 10 digits at most.