Re: Usability or Data Bug in SERIAL column declarations

But shouldn't it wrap when it hits the max?
Assuming wrapping is an OK behavior, not setting
a proper max will eliminate that option for overflow.

--elein

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 08:30:37PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> elein <elein(at)varlena(dot)com> writes:
> > In both cases sequences are created as int8 values with
> > a maximum of 9223372036854775807.
>
> > BUG: The assignment of the table containing the int4 column
> > will overflow at 2147483648 (max integer size).
>
> I don't think this is really a problem.
>
> You are going to have errors when you run out of int4-sized identifiers
> in either case. If we reduce the sequence's maximum, that just means
> one more thing you'll have to fix in order to recover.
>
> regards, tom lane
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