RE: serial

Posted in 1999

Rekaish Bhardwaj — Thu, 12 Aug 1999 14:11:55 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I think its about time we put this to rest. I'm sure the person who originally asked the question is now regretting the posting. Now to change the subject. Anyone know the maximum value of a smallint ...... ?? -----Original Message----- From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 1:57 PM To: robertt@scotlegal.com; informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: serial From: "Robert Taylor" <robertt@scotlegal.com> > > >Anyway*, serial data types will accept values less than 0 (I've just >tried > >this :-), but the autogeneration of serial numbers is always for positive > >Sorry but I don't think this is *always* the case - I think the the >positive >numbers are exhausted then negative numbers will start to be allocated >until >that too is exhausted. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!! Can't we just let this die a death? *I'm* exhausted... :-))) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com