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

I belive you get int max value. INT(10) is ment for number padding not for limiting number of characters.

MySQL will try to pad these values with spaces/zeroes when returning them.