> > I'd say, this is expected output from configure. Configure is just a mechanism > > to help constructing an abstraction for different types of OS (i.e. things > > like "can we use this C type? Do we need to use another type instead?"). > > | how can i add int8,uint8,int64 and uint64 functionality into postgres ? are > > | there any special flags that i am missing ? > > > > The "smallint", "integer" and "bigint" types are available regardless of that > > output from configure. > > I was in a doubt if int64,int8,uint64 and uint8 are not supported after setting up the db. > thanks for clarifying my doubt. will proceed with gmake :) > regards, > KM let me add this too: i have compiled postgres 8.1.4 even if configure didnt detect int8,uint8,int64 and uint64. i have tried to create a test table with datattype as int64 , but it says no such datatype, same is with uint8 an uint64 datatypes. of the four mentioned above, int8 only is recognised as a datatype. which means i have compiled postgresql without int64/uint64 support ??? any gotchas ? tia regards, KM
