Limits and datatype for connection_id()

Hi,

we use connection_id() return value to fill some fields in a mysql-myisam database.

I have spent a lot of time researching about the returned value, but I have not found any interesting information, so I’m asking this blog which I follow from one year now.

My questions are:

  • select connection_id() returns an integer value: what are the limits? How should a declare the field to store it?

  • what will happen when the limits are reached? Yes, it is possible; we are managing millions of connections per day on a single database…

  • is it there any other better parameter available in a query, to ensure that two concurrent users will have returned different values?

Many thanks in advance.

Use INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL. I am pretty sure it’s not a BIGINT, but I can’t remember why I believe that.