return type in findbycriteria

[Andy Zhu]

this method returns a long[], which can hold up to max int -1 divided by 2 number (correct me if I am wrong). So I guess there is really no need of long for a record number. (if criteria contains all null and db doesn't have a deleted record, then this mehtod will return all record numbers). So why do we have a long recNo? maybe a recNo can arbitrarily start from some large number?

[james airey]

i think the int / long record count is one of the subtle differences they throw in to make the assignments different.
i couldn't see any good reason for it to be a long either.