Paul Rubin wrote: > Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Unfortunately some applications are getting such large tables that a >> 32-bit field is insufficient to enumerate all existing and deleted >> rows. Then you have to start keeping tables of unused primary keys. > > Please tell me that's not from some Kafka nightmare. They don't use > 64-bit ints?
I don't believe SQL Server , for example, yet supports 64-bit identity values. If it does, then the version that at least one Python user has in use certainly doesn't. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
