| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Thomas O'Connell" <tfo(at)monsterlabs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: double precision to numeric overflow error |
| Date: | 2003-01-08 04:15:09 |
| Message-ID: | 726.1041999309@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Thomas O'Connell" <tfo(at)monsterlabs(dot)com> writes:
> Indeed, it seems as though my inability to count digits was the real
> problem. Still, does this not strike anyone as a somewhat abstruse error
> message?
How would you phrase it?
> ERROR: overflow on numeric ABS(value) >= 10^9 for field with precision
> 15 scale 6
It's technically correct, but if you think you can word it better,
let's see your proposal...
regards, tom lane
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