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Rob Lacey
Senior Software Engineer, UK

RangeError (2918996727 is out of range for ActiveModel::Type::Integer with limit 4):

If you’re attempting to store an IP as an Integer in MySQL, you’ll find that an Integer just isn’t enough. I hadn’t noticed for a few days and came home to a log file full of

RangeError (2918996727 is out of range for ActiveModel::Type::Integer with limit 4):

Easily fixed.

Database changed
MariaDB [robl]> ALTER TABLE fossa_logs MODIFY ip bigint(20) NULL;
Query OK, 209 rows affected (0.03 sec)             
Records: 209  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0
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