Maxximiliann
As far as I can tell from Ecto’s codebase, integers are always mapped as bigint. If I’m reading this correctly why the EncodeError?
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rodrigues
It would be good to know more context about the error. I’ve seen this error before, when trying to find an entity by id, passing a bad value.
Example: trying to get user by id, passing a number bigger than max integer.
kokolegorille
Ecto, yes, but db… no.
You should show your migration file, and change to the appropriate db type
Maxximiliann
@rodrigues @kokolegorille
Thank you both for your observations
The figure “277654884471” is the result of a calculation. In both the migration and schema this figure is assigned the datatype
:integer. What data type should be used instead?kokolegorille
:bigint is the type You are looking for.
UPDATE: I forgot to mention it’s for the migration file, but @benwilson512 did it for me
benwilson512
:bigintin the migration,:integerin the schema. The migration is about the database types, and the schema is about the Elixir type.Maxximiliann
Thank you everyone for your kind and timely assistance!