Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44E341337B2F for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:11:28 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 96300-03 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:11:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from nm23-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm23-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.91.224]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 66165133798E for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:11:20 -0400 (AST) Received: from [98.139.91.63] by nm23.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Dec 2010 11:11:19 -0000 Received: from [98.139.91.20] by tm3.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Dec 2010 11:11:19 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1020.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Dec 2010 11:11:19 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 97852.39307.bm@omp1020.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 19767 invoked by uid 60001); 30 Dec 2010 11:11:18 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1293707478; bh=grBA0bkKJFuoxir01/DB4SquHgt73Kdxh+vmpQuvR7A=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=wkeooA+UO8LIDrlqgqbzP7OXHYI5lYKHmkUZtVWtuZJObE+Q9uKW54t3z2nETHkMfm5oAj18bhB1BwpTcTy+n9oJmOVfQcPoJF2a07Ll8OmxxWxX71g+TuaFB3QA8/Y5ZGsO+wZXhMTJkYnuxxBGQJae2IIq/bYXZl9imzVB6Yc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Shp7+SLghPt76TU83OSm0NzrHY2FiUJX6P+oxZGb3A+oIvGnDq2FaHF5wlzRJeCMQmZ2t2Ffw90kJpwEKo+Im+tKPvYsWPpdoHuwdy9X/N51EGoVwAVSNfP8OmbLZAmYBqzXkdanz7Jzsl7NsqDKAXNl/SUvjJJhpxaJp2sk0xk=; Message-ID: <660952.10858.qm@web110701.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: N3a.vLgVM1kS9WNnRH03n2MaaSLAdTklnJjgwRfsVNkhC_b NGUy9q6.0nGr66nHB2hcDRV_oMDC.wB51a8zFCKR3U_CHO5WR4Yx07eSJmXG MSTLzd9diYl8amyWBKwQrYFdUDbCMdx.2IPFv21wejVnr3Cw7DhCsz7UKvRi utUbh6KfURVC09v2Cf8DOyfbXdJgU2vQBQoGrL8AJt.0zMqPczr.nBJHXULo oW1v_nzVfwL2UKp82CQng8L2In2vFxOm4QFj_f8lLJG2d.nBWHdkMYwVMxDC F5cdLxuL3BnLchH5yMa1oArpThC2Gw0F1aUbfFniFTYeM7yjHJ1vxNQhMjFV cM2KP6lzmAISmTLTkUe1EVWCi1Hcxh4DEmFsh5cnHSXGra.28.bX2WZ3LncB IjUPrUmM2DmU- Received: from [65.94.247.127] by web110701.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:11:18 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/11.4.20 YahooMailWebService/0.8.107.285259 Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:11:18 -0800 (PST) From: Leslie S Satenstein Subject: bigint and int To: Tom Lane , Robert Haas Cc: Postgres Documentation MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.009 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_40=-0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RFC_ABUSE_POST=0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201012/54 X-Sequence-Number: 6290 Gentlemen=0A=0ATom's rewording suites me fine as I am concentrating my effo= rts on chap 31 contents.=0A=0ATom suggested:=0A=0AThe bigint type should on= ly be used if the range of the integer=0A type is insufficient, because the= latter is definitely faster.=0A=0AIf you want to nit-pick just a bit more,= consider:=0A=0AThe bigint type should only be used if the range of the int= eger=0A type is insufficient.=0A=0A------------------=0A=0ARegards =0A=A0L= eslie=0A Mr. Leslie Satenstein=0A40 years in IT and going strong.=0AYesterd= ay was a good day, today is a better day,=0Aand tomorrow will be even bette= r.=0A=A0=0Amailto:lsatenstein@yahoo.com=0Aalternative: leslie.satenstein@it= bms.biz =0Awww.itbms.biz / www.eclipseguard.com=0A