Or, "Missing information in the MySQL Manual". Just earlier today, I was using "POW()", which I've grown quite fond of, simply because it makes life easier. I prefer using it like "SELECT 512*POW(1024,2)" to find out the number of bytes to put in a variable, for example.First, let's take a look at the "POW" function: Name: 'POW'Description:Syntax:POW(X,Y)Returns the value of X raised to the power of Y.Okay, so it gives us a value; but what about the data type? Let's take "512*POW(1024,2)" as an example.5067 (blogs) > SELECT 512*POW(1024,2) AS example;+-----------+| example |+-----------+| 536870912 | +-----------+1 row in set (0.00 sec)What is that? Well, it sure does look like an "INT" at this point, doesn't it?