On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 05:40:16PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > David Fetter wrote:
> >> This patch changes the data type from unsigned int to unsigned
> >> long long, which is probably not the correct thing in order to
> >> get 64-bit arithmetic, but I figure it's good enough to get a
> >> discussion started.
>
> > The only thing I can tell you is that you should use INT64_FORMAT
> > instead of %lld.
>
> And the datatype should be declared int64, not "long long" which
> doesn't exist everywhere.
>
> Actually you probably want uint64 and UINT64_FORMAT...
>
> regards, tom lane

I think this fixes it, but I'm unsure how to test it. Two of the
methods mentioned in IRC, attaching with gdb and setting to a value >
2^32, and setting it directly in some code, seem like OK approaches.

Cheers,
D
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