Re: Int8 problem

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "admin" <admin(at)mmelectrica(dot)ro>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Int8 problem
Date: 2000-09-26 14:31:50
Message-ID: 23176.969978710@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"admin" <admin(at)mmelectrica(dot)ro> writes:
> I have intalled Postgres 7.0.2 on a Compaq Alpha with DigitalUnix.
> If I insert a bigger number like 10^13 in an int8 type field i'm getting no
> error messages, no warnings, but if I check the value inserted i receive
> totaly wrong number like 2543........

Hm. It sounds like configure failed to find any compiler support for
8-byte ints, so it gave up and compiled int8 as int4. But an Alpha
ought to have 8-byte ints. May we see the output files from configure
(config.status, config.log)?

regards, tom lane

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