# File lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb, line 493 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