, /) with DECIMAL columns are done with a precision of 65 digits. For more details on the attributes, see Numeric Data Type Overview. DEC, NUMERIC and FIXED are synonyms, as well as NUMBER in Oracle mode from MariaDB 10.3. Examples -------- CREATE TABLE t1 (d DECIMAL UNSIGNED ZEROFILL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4.0),(5.2),(5.7); Query OK, 6 rows affected, 2 warnings (0.16 sec) Records: 6 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 2 Note (Code 1265): Data truncated for column 'd' at row 5 Note (Code 1265): Data truncated for column 'd' at row 6 SELECT * FROM t1; +------------+ | d | +------------+ | 0000000001 | | 0000000002 | | 0000000003 | | 0000000004 | | 0000000005 | | 0000000006 | +------------+ With strict_mode set, the default from MariaDB 10.2.4: INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (-7); ERROR 1264 (22003): Out of range value for column 'd' at row 1 With strict_mode unset, the default until MariaDB 10.2.3: INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (-7); Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.02 sec) Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'd' at row 1 SELECT * FROM t1; +------------+ | d | +------------+ | 0000000001 | | 0000000002 | | 0000000003 | | 0000000004 | | 0000000005 | | 0000000006 | | 0000000000 | +------------+ URL: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/decimal/https://mariadb.com/kb/en/decimal/