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Posted - 2005-10-20 : 08:04:18
Amir writes "I'm building a enormous database which will have <undefined> number of rows. We dont know how many rows there going to be but there are going to be billions. How can I use the identity column without having to worry that the identity is at the maximum value? Using Windows 2000 Server and Sql Server 2000."

peterlemonjello
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Posted - 2005-10-20 : 08:09:32
what about using the bigint datatype for identity columns?
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