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  • Started 1 year ago by mozey
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  1. mozey
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    In the database, the post_ID is an int of size 20. Does that mean that bbpress can only manage 1048576 posts ?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  2. Do you really need to worry about having that many posts? And no I would assume there isn't any real limit. But that's just me.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  3. Even if that is a mySQL restriction on the number of entries, I am more than 100% sure there are ways around it. If you need help believing that, just watch what happens when wordpress.org or wordpress.com go over 1,000,000 posts ! ! !

    PS Brad, you are still linking your old site in your profile.

    Trent

    Posted 1 year ago #
  4. mozey
    Member

    well, its good to know the limits of your software thats all. However, what i was more interested in is, does bbpress somehow purge posts from the database and cache them somehow to lower the load on the DB!!?!?. Thats the only way I can think of how they go over this limit.

    I just wanna know how they do it and i'm lazy to look over the code :)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  5. post_id on my install (.073) is defined as a BIGINT(20). BIGINT can take values up to 2**63 which is 9223372036854775807 assuming all positive integers, which the post_ids are.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  6. mozey
    Member

    chrishajer,
    whats with the 20 then? i believe you, i'm just wondering what does the 20 do!?!

    Posted 1 year ago #
  7. mozey
    Member

    Got it, the explination is here.
    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/numeric-type-overview.html

    SO yeahh, BIGINT is 2**63. Unsigned bigint is 2**64 which is ALOT. The 20 only refferse to the digit accuracy.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  8. Man, looks like I'll have to move to some better forum software in the year 6354 then :D

    Posted 1 year ago #
  9. mozey
    Member

    LOL, was i the only guy that spent new years eve 2000 installing windows 95 with no paches to watch it crash !?!?!, (please dont use that as a pickup line, it does'nt work)

    i was so dissapointed, IT DID"NT DO MUCH. i did get few viruses tho, and QUICK.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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