The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 2040 Logged by: Sebastien MAYER Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.04 Operating system: Linux Fedora core 4 Description: buggy cast of INT8 to text Details:
in plpgsql : declare var_text text; var_int8 INT8; begin var_int8 := 123456; -- next line give some strange result... but not always var_text := 'the value of var_int8 is ' || var_int8; .... end; I wrote a small b_bigint_to_text(int8) returns text and will use it until i see some fix on this. More generally, the oid, wich is int4 does not fit the currval, nextvall etc wich returns int8. Since you moved the serial concept from 32 bits to 64 bits (which look good to me), you still have old 32 bits style functions and variable (oid !) mixed with the new 64 bits concept. But, i thanks you everyday of my programmer life anyway !!!!! seb ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq