Re: [PgFoundry] Unsigned Data Types

I can say that we have had several times to use bigint instead because of
the lack of uint type in postgres.

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Ryan Bradetich <rbradetich(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> wrote:
>
>> On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:00 AM, Ryan Bradetich wrote:
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>>> Here is the first pass at the unsigned data type I have been working on.
>>>
>>> I am planning on adding these to the September 2008 commitfest wiki page.
>>> The unsigned data type is not targeted for core, but for the uint
>>> PgFoundry project.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Is the intention for the types to go into pg_catalog? It'd be nice if you
>> could specify what schema they should be installed in. An uninstall would
>> also be good.
>
>
> The pg_catalog made since to me at first (especially for my application),
> but on reflection I believe you are right. I will remove the references to
> the pg_catalog schema and allow the user to add the unsigned data type to
> any schema. Good catch on the uninstall script. I should have written this
> as well. I will post an update to the wiki later tonight.
>
>
>>
>> Thanks for doing this, I've wished we had uint types in the past, and I'm
>> sure I will again in the future!
>
>
> I am glad it is useful. I needed it for my current project, and I was
> hoping others could use it as well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Ryan
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