On 2013-12-19 09:16:59 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > There's no uint32 type at the SQL level, and int32 is no good because > it can't represent sufficiently large positive values to cover the > largest possible block number.
Well, pg_class.relpages is an int32, so I think that limit is already kind of there, even though BlockNumber is typedef'ed to uint32. Yes, we should rectify that sometime. Even so, I don't see a reason not to use int64 here, before that. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
