Hey Fatboy Now That Rep.....

[ftgokie]

Some people are just Rep Stingy...I mean, you can save a baby cat from a burning building.....and all you get is a good job...sorry, i cant give you green rep but here is a pat on the back....yea, thanks alot....Green rep is more goodester

:groucho:

 

[BigCat]

I know it's a mysql database, so I was going by their defined data types (SMALLINT, INT, BIGINT, etc.). I used to host the forum, so I'm just going from memory here that there's a "reputation" field in the user table that's a signed int. So, yeah, changing to a bigint would probably solve it, but it would still have to be signed because some people deserve negative rep (I'm probably one of 'em)!

Cool. I forgot you used to host the forums. I didn't realize that the integer sign would be used for positive vs. negative rep. Makes sense though.

Negative rep on the way :wink:

 

[Fatboy]

If that is the max,then the value is currently defined as a "long int (signed)". Two ways to solve it... convert it to an "unsigned long int" (which will give you double the amount of points possible) or convert it to a "unsigned long long int". The latter will give you more bang for the buck as it would be a true unsigned 64 bit value (max = 18446744073709551616).

Ray

wow that would be great to race to 18,446,744,073,709,551,616!!!!:smile:

 

[rackem]

The problem with the Rep system is the X factor. Just because someone has received a lot of rep does not mean that there giving rep should be a percentage of what they have. Nobodys rep should count anymore than the next persons. Just raising the max will not solve anything.
Just make it so if you get a good rep get a green point.
Get a negative get a red point. Everybody would have both a Green & a red rep total. JMO

 

[Eric.]

Some people have reached the limit of the integer field that holds reputation in the database. signed vs unsigned just means a possible negative or positive number vs. a positive number only. In this case, increasing the size of the field would probably solve the issue (there may be some small code modifications if the code cares about the size limit of that database field), but it would still have to be "signed" to allow for negative numbers.

Oh snap! Jimmy, after all these years, I figured you would know my sarcastic sense of humor by now!


Eric >it the end of days

 

[jay helfert]

Thanks for the rep guys! I'm feeling a lot better now that I'm on the rep IV drip. I should be back up and around in no time. All I needed was a quick rep fix. Works wonders for the joints! :thumbup2: