title: Can I use NUMERIC instead of BIGINT?
body: <p>I have an old database table with column, which type is <code>BIGINT</code>. There's a lot of stored procedures and views that use that table and that column.</p>
  
  <p>For some reason I need to change the type of that column to <code>NUMERIC(38,0)</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Is it safe to do it? Should I cast in any stored procedure and view existing <code>BIGINT</code> to <code>NUMERIC(38,0)</code>?</p>