mysql> CREATE TABLE tin3(id int PRIMARY KEY,val TINYINT(10) ZEROFILL);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO tin3 VALUES(1,12),(2,7),(4,101);
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.02 sec)
Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> SELECT * FROM tin3;
+----+------------+
| id | val |
+----+------------+
| 1 | 0000000012 |
| 2 | 0000000007 |
| 4 | 0000000101 |
+----+------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> SELECT LENGTH(val) FROM tin3 WHERE id=2;
+-------------+
| LENGTH(val) |
+-------------+
| 10 |
+-------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)
mysql> SELECT val+1 FROM tin3 WHERE id=2;
+-------+
| val+1 |
+-------+
| 8 |
+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)