> > That's an excellent point, especially considering that *sequences* use
> > an integer to hold their max_value, which is by default 2,147,483,647.
> > You cannot go larger than that, either. I guess it's constrained to be
> > positive. So OIDs give you more potential unique values than sequences,
> > far as I can tell.
What about postgres' int8 type which holds up to +/- 9 billion billion or
something.
- Andrew