Re: BUG #7766: Running a DML statement that affects more than 4 billion rows results in an exception

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: zelaine(at)amazon(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #7766: Running a DML statement that affects more than 4 billion rows results in an exception
Date: 2012-12-21 16:47:38
Message-ID: 17929.1356108458@sss.pgh.pa.us
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zelaine(at)amazon(dot)com writes:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
> Bug reference: 7766
> Logged by: Zelaine Fong
> Email address: zelaine(at)amazon(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.4.0
> Operating system: Linux
> Description:

> The updateCount field in the ResultHandler interface in Java is defined as
> an int rather than long. Therefore, if you prepare and execute an update,
> delete, or insert statement that affects more than 2^32 rows, you will get
> the following exception:

> Unable to interpret the update count in command completion tag

Forwarding this to pgsql-jdbc list. FWIW, guys, the backend currently
thinks that execution counts are unsigned ints. So I surmise that the
problematic update count was actually between 2^31 and 2^32. We might
get around to changing it to unsigned long someday ...

regards, tom lane

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