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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Issues with generate_series using integer boundaries
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In response to Issues with generate_series using integer boundaries  (Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>)
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Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> writes:
> I've noticed that if I try to use generate_series to include the upper
> boundary of int4, it never returns:

I'll bet it's testing "currval > bound" without considering the
possibility that incrementing currval caused an overflow wraparound.
We fixed a similar problem years ago in plpgsql FOR-loops...

            regards, tom lane

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