RE: serial

Through a little trial and error it seems to be: (2^31) -1 or if you really want to charge by the character: two billion, one hundred forty seven million, four hundred eighty three thousand, six hundred forty seven. (2,147,483,647) (At least on my version.) -----Original Message----- From: Martie Parten [SMTP:Martie.Parten@SciAtl.COM] Posted At: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 12:56 PM Posted To: Informix Conversation: serial Subject: Re: serial Oops, I missed those *implied* parentheses in my copy of the message! Must need to use Outlook or somethin' Anyway, wasn't disputing the value. Only commenting that the way I learned math (admittedly eons ago), when no parens are *visible*, order goes from left to right, and in general exponentiation takes precedence over subtraction. Of course, everyone knows women can't do math. ;) Martie Paul watson wrote: > > >>> "Martie Parten" <Martie.Parten@SciAtl.COM> 08/10/99 05:02PM >>> > >PMFJI, but 2^32 -1 is a very different value than 2^31 I guess thats why we consultants >get paid so much ;) > > Depends where the implied paranthesis is I suppose :-)) I always thought the limit was (2^31) (or 2^(32-1) if you prefer) , ie 2G not 4G > > Paul > > Paul watson wrote: > > > > >>>> "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> 08/10/99 09:32AM >>> > > >From: "Paul watson" <watsop@russellcorp.co.uk> > > >> > > >>RTFM, 2Gig > > > > > >Guess who didn't get it all this morning... :-) > > > > Yeah but it was posted yesterday, may be it was a premonition :-)) > > > > >2^32 - 1 (I'm buggered if I can remember the exact number and I couldn't be > > >arsed work it out... :-) > > > > If remembering the exact number means I get buggered I'm happy not to remember:-) > > > > Any way typical consultant, types "2^32 -1 " instead of "2^31" - getting paid by the letter now are we:-)) > > > > Paul Watson > > WF Software Ltd > > Tel: +44 1436 674729 > > Fax: +44 1436 678729 > > www.wfsoftware.com/informix > > # If you broke it, hide the evidence > > > > ********************************************************************** > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > > the system manager. > > > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > > > www.mimesweeper.com > > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.mimesweeper.com > **********************************************************************