Re: Skipping numbers in a sequence.

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> Er, to answer my own question, yes.
> I seem to have discovered that the maximum maxvalue for a sequence is
> 9,999,999,999 (i.e. 10 digits) -- which leads one to believe that 10 is
> the max num of digits for an integer-type column.
[Must...stop...coding...while...asleep...and....braindead.]

The max for maxvalue is the max(integer) which I believe is 2147483647.

gh

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> gh
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> >
> > > I was thinking about something like that.
> > > This table is used in such a way that each row corresponds to one item
> > > in an order. So, I suppose I need to guesstimate the likely-hood that
> > > a company would sell (or have-shopped) n items.
> > >
> > > I just have that icky feeling that some day the sequence will roll over
> > > and hell with come after my ass. ;-))
> > >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > gh
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> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Andrew.
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