Column types determine how your data will be saved, handled, and validated. As of right now, the default column types are:
- string – Defaults to 255 characters
- text – Text column
- int / integer – Defaults to a length of 10
- bool / boolean – Accepts true, false, 1 or 0. Stored as a tinyint(1) for MySQL since there is no true boolean type
- float /double – For floating-point (decemal) numbers
- date – Date only – Y-m-d for MySQL Adapter
- datetime – Date and time – Y-m-d H:i:s for MySQL Adapter