>This value is too big for a SQL select involving an integer field.
>
>3989233970
>
>What type should I use to be able to support such number?
bigint
3 989 233 970
Data type Range Storage
bigint
-2^63 (-9,223,372,036,854,775,808) to 2^63-1 (9,223,372,036,854,775,807)
8 Bytes
int
-2^31 (-2,147,483,648) to 2^31-1 (2,147,483,647)
4 Bytes
smallint
-2^15 (-32,768) to 2^15-1 (32,767)
2 Bytes
tinyint
0 to 255
1 Byte
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