On Tue, 20 May 2025 at 18:12, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think it was discussed, but why not go the other way, keep everything
> as uint64 and expose an uint64 datatype at the SQL level instead? That's
> something I actually want pretty often so I would be happy to have that
> natively, whether it's called bigoid, oid8 or anything else. That's probably
> too late for pg18 though.
Certainly, a bit late, yes. It basically requires implementing
unsigned types on the SQL level. I believe there are a few sunken
ships along that coastline, and plenty of history in the archives if
you want to understand some of the difficulties.
David
