Re: SERIAL datatype, int or bigint? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: SERIAL datatype, int or bigint?
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Msg-id 1015546392.19014.9.camel@jiro
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In response to SERIAL datatype, int or bigint?  (Rob Hoopman <rob@tuna.nl>)
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On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 17:24, Rob Hoopman wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone know why the serial datatype inserts an int column into a
> table but the max_value for the sequence is a bigint?

In 7.2, sequences generate int64 values. Serial columns are int32 by
default: if you want 64 bit serials, use the "bigserial" or "serial8"
data-type.

Cheers,

Neil

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