I had just started to wonder if it was something that when you responded. I checked, and every case that I had where the numbers were wonky checked out when I subtracted 2^32. Whew! Thanks, Jeff! On Jul 22, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Natalie Wenz <nataliewenz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am moving some data from one table to another in 9.2.4, and keep seeing this strange scenario: >> >> insert into newtable select data from oldtable where proc_date >= x and proc_date < y; >> >> INSERT 0 78551642 >> >> select count(*) from newtable where proc_date >= x and proc_date < y; >> count >> ----------- >> 4373518938 > > It looks to me like the status report is 32 bits and overflowed. > > 4,373,518,938 - 2^32 = 78,551,642 > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
