Re: Int8 problem - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Int8 problem
Date
Msg-id 23176.969978710@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Int8 problem  ("admin" <admin@mmelectrica.ro>)
List pgsql-general
"admin" <admin@mmelectrica.ro> writes:
> I have intalled Postgres 7.0.2 on a Compaq Alpha with DigitalUnix.
> If I insert  a bigger number like 10^13 in an int8 type field i'm getting no
> error messages, no warnings, but if I check the value inserted i receive
> totaly wrong number  like 2543........

Hm.  It sounds like configure failed to find any compiler support for
8-byte ints, so it gave up and compiled int8 as int4.  But an Alpha
ought to have 8-byte ints.  May we see the output files from configure
(config.status, config.log)?

            regards, tom lane

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