Re: [GENERAL] Int8 problem

[Tom Lane]

"admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> But on the alpha i got no error message no worning and inserts a wrong
> number if the number is bigger than 10^13 .

10^13?  But values > 2^31 work?  Man, that's really weird ... I was
expecting a failure at 2^31 if int8 wasn't compiled correctly.
I can't think what might fail at 10^13.  Ideas anyone?

It might help to see an exact table of equivalences, ie, so much
in, so much out.

                        regards, tom lane