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layout: changelog
title: "Store 64-bit integers with BigInt columns"
date: 2026-05-12
cover: /images/blog/announcing-bigint-columns/cover.avif
tags: databases
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Appwrite Databases now supports **BigInt** columns, giving you a 64-bit signed integer type alongside the existing 32-bit `integer`. Use BigInt when your values may exceed the ±2.1 billion range of a regular integer, for example large counters, high-resolution timestamps, or external IDs from systems that use 64-bit keys.

BigInt columns accept optional `min`, `max`, and `default` parameters and work with [Operators](/docs/products/databases/operators) for atomic server-side updates, just like regular integers.

[Read the announcement](/blog/post/announcing-bigint-columns)