How does a database handle auto-number field if it's limit is reached?

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Published on 2010-05-29T13:03:02Z Indexed on 2010/05/29 14:32 UTC
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Hello,

In my tables, i have selected id column to be of type int (4 bytes). The answer i want to know is how will any database handle it once it's limits are reached? Will the database refuse to insert any more records in table? or what exactly will happen? Also how should i tackle this type of problem (if the database doesn't handle it by itself)?

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