Re: SQL float types

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SQL float types
Date: 2000-07-07 16:19:03
Message-ID: 200007071619.MAA27138@candle.pha.pa.us
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> The parser currently maps the type REAL to float8. I contend that it
> should be float4.
>
> float4 => real
> float8 => double precision
>

Is this based on the standard documents?

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