Re: reducing NUMERIC size for 9.1

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: reducing NUMERIC size for 9.1
Date: 2010-07-30 05:13:53
Message-ID: 16754.1280466833@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> But, looking at it a bit more carefully, isn't the maximum-size logic
> for numeric rather bogus?

Perhaps, but I think you're confused on at least one point.
numeric(2,1) has to be able to hold 2 decimal digits, not 2
NumericDigits (which'd actually be 8 decimal digits given
the current code).

regards, tom lane

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