| From: | Michael Meskes <meskes(at)topsystem(dot)de> |
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| To: | maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us (Bruce Momjian) |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org (PostgreSQL Hacker) |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Bug? |
| Date: | 1998-02-06 13:25:24 |
| Message-ID: | 199802061325.OAA12741@gauss.topsystem.de |
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Bruce Momjian writes:
> I think it converts it to an integer, and then by the time it tries to
> convert it, it has already chopped off the top of the number. The only
> fix for this would be to read all integers in as 64-bit integers, then
> do the conversion, but that could be a performance problem.
I agree. And performance is important. I think explicit type conversion is
what we should do. Or is it asked for too much if the user has to add a
::float8 to the number?
Michael
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