Re: Is indexing broken for bigint columns?

Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com>

From: Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com>
To: Dann Corbit <DCorbit@connx.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-02-24T23:26:36Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Dann Corbit wrote:
> http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/smith20010821.php3?page=3
>  

bigint indexes work fine. The queries probably referenced 32-bit 
integer constants that were neither quoted nor CAST. I always start 
bigint sequences at 5 billion. This ensures that client applications 
aren't assuming 32-bit quantities that will break once ~4.2 billion 
is reached and I get index scans without quoting or casting free. 
But IIRC there's a change in the development tree to jettison the 
requirement for quoting/casting...


Mike Mascari