# File lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb, line 488
      def type_to_sql(type, limit = nil, precision = nil, scale = nil)
        case type.to_s
        when 'integer'
          case limit
          when 1; 'tinyint'
          when 2; 'smallint'
          when 3; 'mediumint'
          when nil, 4, 11; 'int(11)'  # compatibility with MySQL default
          when 5..8; 'bigint'
          else raise(ActiveRecordError, "No integer type has byte size #{limit}")
          end
        when 'text'
          case limit
          when 0..0xff;               'tinytext'
          when nil, 0x100..0xffff;    'text'
          when 0x10000..0xffffff;     'mediumtext'
          when 0x1000000..0xffffffff; 'longtext'
          else raise(ActiveRecordError, "No text type has character length #{limit}")
          end
        else
          super
        end
      end