Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: pg_dump -d database >unload.file; cat unload.file|psql database ARE NOT EQUAL

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: karpov(at)allonge(dot)viaduk(dot)net
Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org (PostgreSQL-development), lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Subject: Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: pg_dump -d database >unload.file; cat unload.file|psql database ARE NOT EQUAL
Date: 1998-03-28 20:16:46
Message-ID: 199803282016.PAA17441@candle.pha.pa.us
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> PostgreSQL version : 6.3-980326
> Problem Description:
> --------------------
> Parser generated error message when script was inserting
> a value equal -1 into column of float8 type.
> If exchange -1 to -1.0 - no errors.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Test Case:
> ----------
> create table templ_arg(accii int2,type char,sign float8);
> create table a1 () inherits (templ_arg);
> insert into a1 values (9999,'a',1); -- working;
> insert into a1 values (9999,'a',-1); -- ERROR;
> insert into a1 values (9999,'a',-1.0); --working
Yep, it is a bug, and I will add it to the TODO list. In float8out, we
use:
printf("%.*g", CONST, value)

and the %g is causing it to print as:

equal to the precision. Trailing zeros are removed from the
fractional part of the result; a decimal point appears only if it
is followed by at least one digit.

Now, what we should probably be doing is to allow -1 (without decimal
point) to be promoted to float8 in the INSERT, and I think we are going
to be able to do that in 6.4.

I know this is crummy, but I can't even think of a workaround for it.

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