Re: double precision vs. numeric

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, aarni(at)kymi(dot)com
Subject: Re: double precision vs. numeric
Date: 2006-08-24 17:24:16
Message-ID: 20060824172416.GB30678@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:51:33PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Aarni Ruuhimäki wrote:
> > ' ... type double precision ... will be depreciated / unsupported in
> > future releases ... '
>
> That is completely false.

Presumably because double precision is standard SQL and has been
so for a long time. Perhaps Aarni is thinking about the money type,
which the documentation does say is deprecated.

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Michael Fuhr

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