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From: Jan Vicherek <honza(at)ied(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: [HACKERS] int8 type substitute ?
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Hello,

I'm looking for a int8-like type or equivalent substitute.

float8 is the first one that comes to mind, but a question arises :
isn't there a chance that if I store float8 values be integers, it may
on some occasions return to me a decimal ? I.e. I would store something
like
2814749767106569
and on retrieval it would return something like
2814749767106568.999999999998 instead of 2814749767106569 ?

If there is such danger, what other suitable 8 byte data type (other
than char(8)) would there be in PG to give me the ablility to store
integers > 2^32 ?

Or is it quite fast, easy, simple and performance-effective to add my
own 'int8' data type ?

Thanx,

Jan

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