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>Consider that there are 4,294,967,295 possible values (2 ^ 32 - 1)
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>No, I didn't say that there are only 3 possible values for two bits. This indicates that the maximum value it can hold is 3.
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>You must decide, first or second?
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>4,294,967,295 is the maximum ?

If, as in the case with Fox, the most significant bit represents only the sign. If, as with SQL server, it represents the sign and is part of the value, 4,294,967,296. The discussion was about how Fox interprets integers.