    # File lib/active_record/vendor/mysql.rb, line 741
        def initialize(table, org_table, name, length, type, flags, decimals, def_value, max_length)
          @table = table
          @org_table = org_table
          @name = name
          @length = length
          @type = type
          @flags = flags
          @decimals = decimals
          @def = def_value
          @max_length = max_length
          if (type <= TYPE_INT24 and (type != TYPE_TIMESTAMP or length == 14 or length == 8)) or type == TYPE_YEAR then
            @flags |= NUM_FLAG
          end
        end