# File lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb, line 500
      def type_to_sql(type, limit = nil, precision = nil, scale = nil)
        return super unless type.to_s == 'integer'

        case limit
        when 1; 'tinyint'
        when 2; 'smallint'
        when 3; 'mediumint'
        when nil, 4, 11; 'int(11)'  # compatibility with MySQL default
        when 5..8; 'bigint'
        else raise(ActiveRecordError, "No integer type has byte size #{limit}")
        end
      end