| From: | mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc |
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| To: | Mark Dilger <pgsql(at)markdilger(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Reducing data type space usage |
| Date: | 2006-09-16 21:31:15 |
| Message-ID: | 20060916213114.GA25175@mark.mielke.cc |
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On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 02:13:49PM -0700, Mark Dilger wrote:
> Mark Dilger wrote:
> >Wouldn't a 4-byte numeric be a "float4" and an 8-byte numeric be a
> >"float8". I'm not sure I see the difference.
> Nevermind. I don't normally think about numeric as anything other than
> an arbitrarily large floating point type. But it does differ in that
> you can specify the range you want it to cover.
Range and the base, both being important.
Cheers,
mark
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