05.04.2013 12:14, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote:

> AFAIK, DBKEY has type CHAR(X) CHARACTER SET OCTETS. CORE-3039 is closed with 
> resolution
> "won't fix". Obviously, there is no need for human readable form of such 
> fields.

Not for user fields, but DBKEY is somewhat special.

> Unfortunately, DBKEY has variable size and not always fit into int64.

It has a fixed size and its recno part (leaving the relation id aside) 
always fits into int64.


Dmitry


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