Re: First decent PostgreSQL CBT now on techdocs .postgresql.org - Mailing list pgsql-general

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> Looks like someone could take advantage of the broader range of sequence values,
> but only if they explicitly created their column as int8 with the default set to
> nextval('the_sequence').
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> Should the serial datatype be changed to create an int8, or a new serial8
> datatype created that does this??

Tom says we have a new SERIAL8 data type for this.  I see it in the
HISTORY file now.

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