Re: [PERFORM] Performance: BigInt vs Decimal(19,0)

2003-09-27 Thread Yusuf W.
to make in order to prove it? Thanks in advance. --- Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Yusuf W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > For the application that I'm working on, we want > to > > use data types that are database independent. > (m

[PERFORM] Performance: BigInt vs Decimal(19,0)

2003-09-27 Thread Yusuf W.
For the application that I'm working on, we want to use data types that are database independent. (most databases has decimal, but not big int). Anyhow, we are planning on using decimal(19,0) for our primary keys instead of a big int, would there be a performance difference in using a bigint over