SIGNED-BIG-INTEGER
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Vocabulary
db.types

Word description
For portability, if a number is known to be 64bit and signed, then this datatype may be used. Some databases, like SQLite, cannot store arbitrary bignums as BIGINT types. If storing arbitrary bignums, use FACTOR-BLOB.

See also
INTEGER, UNSIGNED-BIG-INTEGER

Definition

IN: db.types

SINGLETON: SIGNED-BIG-INTEGER