decimal type issue

[Anthony Nelson]

I'm running mysql 5.6.29 and I'm getting an unexpected result when I attempt to create a field in a table of type decimal(3,1). I don't know if it matters, but I am using phpmyadmin to create the table and its fields.

I've chosen 3,1 because I want to store numbers with at one or two digits to the left of the decimal point, and one digit to the right of the decimal point (e.g., 11.3, 12.9, 9.4).

When I attempt to create a table with a field of type decimal(3,1) the field gets changed to decimal(3,0).

I've read quite a bit of the mysql doc and I can't determine what the problem is or how to get the format that I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance.