[wp-hackers] BIGINT(20) ... was: Is there a limit to the number of sub categories?

[Eric Marden]

> Oh wow, it really isn't unsigned.  To answer your question about  
> posts, no.
> The id field for the posts table is unsigned.  The term_id field  
> for the
> terms table is indeed a signed value.  I haven't looked at the WP  
> code yet,
> but I can't think of a reason of the top of my head why WP would  
> want to use
> a signed value for an id field of any kind...
>
> :: Dan Larkin

That was going to be my next question... :)

-e