which data type should I choose for a unique key (id of a user for example) in postgresql database’s table?
does bigint is the one?
thanks
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which data type should I choose for a unique key (id of a user for example) in postgresql database’s table?
does bigint is the one?
thanks
Use the
serialtype for automatically incrementing unique ids.If you plan to have more than two billion entries, use
bigserial.serialis the PostgresSQL equivalent of MySQL’sAUTO_INCREMENT.PostgresSQL Documentation: Numeric Types