Re: Skipping numbers in a sequence.

On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 04:16:52AM -0600, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 04:07:25AM -0600, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> > On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 09:59:17PM +1300, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> > > GH wrote:
> > > > Hello all.
> > > > It's like this. ;-)
> > > > I have a table with a column that has a default nextval('sequence').
> > > > The sequence is a standard increment 1 cycle sequence.
> > > > What happens when
> > > >         the sequence wraps after inserting the
> > > >                 2-million-and-whatever-th row
>
> *snippity snip snip*
>
> > >
> > > I usually leave the sequence to error at 4 billion, and if that hits me
> > > before the heat-death of the universe I will sort it out then :-)
>
> Hell, do you suppose I could just set the column to float8 and let the
> sequence run for the next several years? I would be happy if the sequence
> buys me 3 or more years. ;-)
> (Just get me to Morrocco, baby. ;-))
>
> There would not be any problems with a sequence as high as max(float8), would
> there?

Er, to answer my own question, yes.
I seem to have discovered that the maximum maxvalue for a sequence is
9,999,999,999 (i.e. 10 digits) -- which leads one to believe that 10 is
the max num of digits for an integer-type column.

gh

>
> > I was thinking about something like that.
> > This table is used in such a way that each row corresponds to one item
> > in an order. So, I suppose I need to guesstimate the likely-hood that
> > a company would sell (or have-shopped) n items.
> >
> > I just have that icky feeling that some day the sequence will roll over
> > and hell with come after my ass. ;-))
> >
>
> Thanks.
>
> gh
>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >                     Andrew.
> > > --
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