Thread: Any problem with the Long Integer type?
About four five years ago, I had received a few of emails about the data type problems on this mailing list. I believe thatthe problem was about a performance issue. Is any problem withe the Long Integer type in the late releases? Thanks, - w
Hello 2010/6/26 <wei725@lycos.com>: > > About four five years ago, I had received a few of emails about the data type problems on this mailing list. I believethat the problem was about a performance issue. Is any problem withe the Long Integer type in the late releases? There is no reason why Long can be slower. Maybe you are thinking Numeric data type. Regards Pavel Stehule > > Thanks, > > - w > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >
On 6/26/2010 1:25 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote: > Hello > > 2010/6/26<wei725@lycos.com>: > >> About four five years ago, I had received a few of emails about the data type problems on this mailing list. I believethat the problem was about a performance issue. Is any problem withe the Long Integer type in the late releases? >> > There is no reason why Long can be slower. Maybe you are thinking > Numeric data type. > Actually as I understand it, if they are running 32bit it is theorectically slower. JD
2010/6/27 Joshua D. Drake <jdrake@postgresql.org>: > On 6/26/2010 1:25 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> 2010/6/26<wei725@lycos.com>: >> >>> >>> About four five years ago, I had received a few of emails about the data >>> type problems on this mailing list. I believe that the problem was about a >>> performance issue. Is any problem withe the Long Integer type in the late >>> releases? >>> >> >> There is no reason why Long can be slower. Maybe you are thinking >> Numeric data type. >> > > Actually as I understand it, if they are running 32bit it is theorectically > slower. aha - I undestand now. It could be - but from 8.3 the overhead is relative small. Regards Pavel Stehule > > JD > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >