On 1 February 2011 00:41, Thom Brown <thom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 1 February 2011 00:36, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Thom Brown <thom@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> Actually, those lower bound errors aren't related to generate_series, >>> but I'd still like to know why -2147483648::int4 is out of range. >> >> :: binds tighter than - (and everything else too). Write >> (-2147483648)::int4 instead. > > D'oh. You explained this to me before. This time I'll endeavour to > remember it. At least that explains the problem I created for myself > with lower boundaries. Okay, so lower boundaries are still affected in the same way as upper boundaries after all, at least when using a reverse series: SELECT x FROM generate_series((-2147483644)::int4, (-2147483648)::int4, -1) AS a(x); -- Thom Brown Twitter: @darkixion IRC (freenode): dark_ixion Registered Linux user: #516935 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general