Point out the dependency on having int8 arithmetic available.

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Tom Lane 2001-11-28 15:33:48 +00:00
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Postgres documentation
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<title>
Notes
</title>
<para>
Use <command>DROP SEQUENCE</command> to remove a sequence.
</para>
<para>
Sequences are based on <type>bigint</> arithmetic, so the range cannot
exceed the range of an eight-byte integer
(-9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807). On some older platforms,
there may be no compiler support for eight-byte integers, in which case
sequences use regular <type>integer</> arithmetic (range
-2147483648 to +2147483647).
</para>
<para>
When <replaceable class="parameter">cache</replaceable> is greater than
one, each backend uses its own cache to store preallocated numbers.