On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> >It's a bit strange that this int is unsigned and the others are signed.
> >
> Not that strange if you consider the fact that making it signed will not
> leave much room for actually using it.
>
> In any case, that's just the way it is:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_ia-iz_3ss4.asp
Well, in another very popular database it's signed:
http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Column_types.html#Numeric_types
If anything I would like a unsigned modifier to all integer types.
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/Dennis Björklund