Re: PQntuples returns an int.

From: Guillaume Yziquel <guillaume(dot)yziquel(at)citycable(dot)ch>
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PQntuples returns an int.
Date: 2010-03-03 22:27:44
Message-ID: 4B8EE260.50001@citycable.ch
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Greg Sabino Mullane a écrit :
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>> I'm asking this because I'm wondering whether you could have more tuples
>> in the result of a query than could be indexed by the 'int' type. May
>> this happen?
>
> Yes, but it's a low concern as many other things would break before
> you got to that point. See:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/pgsql.general/browse_thread/thread/462c454345221267/f61926526b539036
> or:
> http://5z8.info/super-nsfw_cyd

Thank you.

Indeed, I perfectly do believe you when you state that many things would
break before.

It's much more a typing issue in a strongly typed language (OCaml).

Thanks again.

Guillaume Yziquel.
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