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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Decibel! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:00 AM, Ryan Bradetich wrote: >> >>> 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 > > >
