"Samuel R. Neff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, why is the range for an 8 byte integer in SQLite one
> number off from the 8 byte bigint in MSSQL?
> 
> SQLite: -9223372036854775807 through 9223372036854775807
> MSSQL : -9223372036854775808 through 9223372036854775807
> 

It simplifies the routine that converts strings to integers
if the maximum negative value has the same set of digits as
the maximum positive value.

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D. Richard Hipp  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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