Store long float MySQL

Question

What kind of data type should I choose in MySQL to store digit like this 50.078294547389426

Answer 1

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/numeric-types.html

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/mysql/mysql-data-types.htm

Initially id look at float but id try to get more of an idea of what sort of data your looking at first.

Answer 2

Use Float or double

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/problems-with-float.html