Huge (20 digits) Primary keys and SQLite

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  •  03-07-2019
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Question

If I try to insert data with a 20 digit primary key into a SQLite database I get an error with the second insert statement because it "is not unique". If I select the values I can see from the SQLite commandprompt that the primary key is written in scientific notation. The column type is decimal. Is there a way to force SQLite to insert the values "as they are" keeping the precision / "normal representation" even with values that long?

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Solution

insert it as a 'string', not a number.

OTHER TIPS

the primary key field must be an integer, the largest value is 9223372036854775807. use a separate (indexed) field, and insert the value as string.

Strange, sounds like your wrapper is putting the number in as a float. I thought DECIMAL was mapped to an integer internally. Using a string would work but may be slow do to the indexing of the string rather than an int.

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