mysql> create table t1(name char(256)) default charset=utf8;
ERROR 1074 (42000): Column length too big for column 'name' (max = 255); use BLOB or TEXT instead
mysql> create table t1(name char(255)) default charset=utf8;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.06 sec)
mysql> insert into t1 values(repeat('整',255));
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> select length(name),char_length(name) from t1;
+--------------+-------------------+
| length(name) | char_length(name) |
+--------------+-------------------+
| 765 | 255 |
+--------------+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec) 

mysql> create table t1(name varchar(65535));
ERROR 1118 (42000): Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 65535. This includes storage overhead, check the manual. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
mysql> create table t1(name varchar(65534));
ERROR 1118 (42000): Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 65535. This includes storage overhead, check the manual. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
mysql> create table t1(name varchar(65533));
ERROR 1118 (42000): Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 65535. This includes storage overhead, check the manual. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
mysql> create table t1(name varchar(65532));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec) 

mysql> create table t1(name varchar(65532)) default charset=utf8;
ERROR 1074 (42000): Column length too big for column 'name' (max = 21845); use BLOB or TEXT instead
mysql> create table t1(name varchar(21845)) default charset=utf8;
ERROR 1118 (42000): Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 65535. This includes storage overhead, check the manual. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
mysql> create table t1(name varchar(21844)) default charset=utf8;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec) 

mysql> create table t1(name varchar(65528),hiredate datetime) default charset=latin1;
ERROR 1118 (42000): Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 65535. This includes storage overhead, check the manual. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
mysql> create table t1(name varchar(65527),hiredate datetime) default charset=latin1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) 

mysql> create table t1(name text(255));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> create table t2(name text(256));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> show create table t1\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Table: t1
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`name` tinytext
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> show create table t2\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Table: t2
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `t2` (
`name` text
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
1 row in set (0.00 sec) 

mysql> create table t1(name text) default charset=utf8;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> insert into t1 values(repeat('整',21846));
ERROR 1406 (22001): Data too long for column 'name' at row 1
mysql> insert into t1 values(repeat('整',21845));
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec) 

Values for DECIMAL (and NUMERIC) columns are represented using a binary format that packs nine decimal (base 10) digits into four bytes. Storage for the integer and fractional parts of each value are determined separately. Each multiple of nine digits requires four bytes, and the “leftover” digits require some fraction of four bytes. The storage required for excess digits is given by the following table. 

mysql> create table t2(id decimal(6,5));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> create table t3(id decimal(9,0));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> create table t4(id decimal(8,3));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> CREATE TABLE innodb_table_monitor (a INT) ENGINE=INNODB;
Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.01 sec)