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Asked: 2026-06-01T17:49:07+00:00

Could a database administrator override the largest value that a bigint datatype could hold

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Could a database administrator override the largest value that a bigint datatype could hold (making it smaller than what is listed in the documentation)?

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    Yes, you could put a check constraint on the column

    example

    ALTER TABLE SomeTable
ADD CONSTRAINT chkMaxValue CHECK (SomeCol < 123456 );
GO

    You could also use a trigger to restrict it but that is overkill

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