maximum digits for NUMERIC

From: Gianni Ciolli <gianni(dot)ciolli(at)2ndquadrant(dot)it>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: maximum digits for NUMERIC
Date: 2011-03-11 11:36:14
Message-ID: 20110311113614.GB4661@albo.gi.lan
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Hi,

maybe we should change the "1000 digits" here:

http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-NUMERIC-DECIMAL

because ISTM that up to 2^17 digits are supported (which makes more
sense than 1000).

Best regards,
Dr. Gianni Ciolli - 2ndQuadrant Italia
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
gianni(dot)ciolli(at)2ndquadrant(dot)it | www.2ndquadrant.it

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