Re: Proposed TODO: fetch->INT8 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: Proposed TODO: fetch->INT8
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Msg-id 1106597120.2886.770.camel@jeff
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In response to Proposed TODO: fetch->INT8  ("Merlin Moncure" <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com>)
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Is there a practical use for retrieving > 2^31 records at once?

(this is a serious question, I'm not arguing that it should cause a
syntax error)

Regards,Jeff Davis

On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 14:13 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> I was browsing the TODO list and I noticed the todo to bump limit/offset
> to int8.  IMO, the flavors of fetch that take a numeric parameter need
> this as well.
> 
> FWIW, trying to pass integer > 2^31 to fetch gives a syntax error, which
> is clearly wrong.
> 
> Merlin
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