title: creating a table with DECIMAL(11,2) as variable keep getting 0.00
body: <p>I am new to PHY MySQL and PHPmyadmin.  Creating a table with and inserting decimals as the variable .  The table is created but shows 0.00 as my number.  my columns is configured as
  <code>amount</code> DECIMAL(11,2) NOT NULL, </p>
  
  <p>I insert into the table:</p>
  
  <pre><code>INSERT INTO  
  `amount`(`amt_id`,`amount`)
  VALUES
  ('1', '$625545.00'), 
  </code></pre>