Re: Numeric 508 datatype

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Numeric 508 datatype
Date: 2005-12-02 21:05:28
Message-ID: 200512022105.jB2L5SZ21681@candle.pha.pa.us
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Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 14:09 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > I ran your SELECT pow(10::numeric, 131071), and gain, 4096 0's are
> > displayed on my screen. SELECT pow(10::numeric, 7000) and SELECT
> > pow(10::numeric, 10000) generate identical displays on my screen.
>
> Are you saying there is a bug with or without my patch?

Without.

> Can we get the usual release levels/cvstip, ports, etc.

Sorry, BSD/OS 4.3.1, CVS HEAD, no patches.

> Are you connecting across network/ protocol differences...

psql and the backend are on the same machine.

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