Syntax

BIGINT[(M)] [SIGNED | UNSIGNED | ZEROFILL]

Description

A large integer. The signed range is -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807. The unsigned range is 0 to 18446744073709551615.

If a column has been set to ZEROFILL, all values will be prepended by zeros so that the BIGINT value contains a number of M digits.

Note: If the ZEROFILL attribute has been specified, the column will automatically become UNSIGNED.

For more details on the attributes, see Numeric Data Type Overview.

SERIAL is an alias for:

BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT UNIQUE

Examples

CREATE TABLE bigints (a BIGINT,b BIGINT UNSIGNED,c BIGINT ZEROFILL);

INSERT INTO bigints VALUES (-10,-10,-10);
Query OK, 1 row affected, 2 warnings (0.08 sec)
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'b' at row 1
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'c' at row 1

INSERT INTO bigints VALUES (-10,10,-10);Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.08 sec)
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'c' at row 1

INSERT INTO bigints VALUES (-10,10,10);

INSERT INTO bigints VALUES (9223372036854775808,9223372036854775808,9223372036854775808);
Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.07 sec)
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'a' at row 1

INSERT INTO bigints VALUES (9223372036854775807,9223372036854775808,9223372036854775808);

SELECT * FROM bigints;
+---------------------+---------------------+----------------------+
| a                   | b                   | c                    |
+---------------------+---------------------+----------------------+
|                 -10 |                   0 | 00000000000000000000 |
|                 -10 |                  10 | 00000000000000000000 |
|                 -10 |                  10 | 00000000000000000010 |
| 9223372036854775807 | 9223372036854775808 | 09223372036854775808 |
| 9223372036854775807 | 9223372036854775808 | 09223372036854775808 |
+---------------------+---------------------+----------------------+

See also

• Numeric Data Type Overview
• TINYINT
• SMALLINT
• MEDIUMINT
• INTEGER