On 2021-09-29 11:42:42 +0200, Tobias Meyer wrote:
> Possible drawbacks:
>
> * The ids will grow faster, and they will be large even on small
> tables. It may be a bit irritating if you have a table with just 5
> rows and the ids are 5, 6, 7, 12654, 345953.
[...]
>
> * you will have to pay attention to rollover/overflow situations more quickly.
I'd subsume this under "ids will grow faster".
But I would actually see that as an advantage:
* All your ids have the same type, so either 32 bit is enough for
everything or you use 64 bit (do the latter if in doubt).
* You only have to monitor a single sequence to see if you are close to
an overflow, not dozens of them.
* You will probably be more aware that this might be a problem.
hp
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