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BIGINT v INT. Is there a big deal?
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posted by Ronald Bradford on Tue 14 Jul 2009 15:15 UTC
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This article describes the physical difference between the INT and BIGINT datatypes, and shows how selecting the correct datatype can provide a more space efficient disk storage for your MySQL Data.
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