Re: [GENERAL] float4 confused as int??

From: Jose Soares <jose(at)sferacarta(dot)com>
To: Ed Loehr <eloehr(at)austin(dot)rr(dot)com>
Cc: pg-gen <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] float4 confused as int??
Date: 2000-01-31 13:29:04
Message-ID: 38958E20.6C517510@sferacarta.com
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What version are you running?
I tried it on 6.5.2 and it works.

Ed Loehr wrote:

> Can someone enlighten me why this error is occurring in which a float
> value is apparently being interpreted as an integer? Known
> workarounds??
>
> emsdb=> UPDATE contract_activity_type SET duration = 3.5, updater_id
> = 1, last_update = now() WHERE id = 72;
> ] ERROR: pg_atoi: error in "3.5": can't parse ".5"
> emsdb=> \d contract_activity_type
> Table = contract_activity_type
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | Field | Type
> | Length|
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | id | int4 not null default nextval (
> | 4 |
> | contract_id | int4 not null
> | 4 |
> | activity_type_id | int4 not null
> | 4 |
> | travel_required | int4 not null
> | 4 |
> | billable | int4 not null
> | 4 |
> | duration | float4 not null
> | 4 |
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Ed Loehr
>
> ************

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Jose' Soares
Bologna, Italy Jose(at)sferacarta(dot)com

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