Question

I’m getting an integer out of range error when trying to migrate my database from SQLite to PostgreSQL.

I think I have pinpointed the problem: I have some huge integers in a IntegerField field in my model.

Basically on the order of 52675215334.

When I change this value to a small number like 1 and then try to migrate my database, all is fine.

Is there some other data type I should be using other than IntegerField to store these large values?

Answer 1

Try using BigIntegerField if you integers are that big. From the documentation:

A 64 bit integer, much like an IntegerField except that it is guaranteed to fit numbers from -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807. The admin represents this as an <input type="text"> (a single-line input).