On 13/03/11 05:02, Andy wrote: > I have a model that may have a lot (billions) of records. I understand > that the "id" field of a model is defined as a 32-bits int. So it may > not be big enough. > > Is it safe to just ALTER the database schema to change the "id" field > from int to bigint? Would Django break?
It would be best to also set your id field on your model to be a BigIntegerField at the ORM level if you're doing that. http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/models/fields/#bigintegerfield -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.