Numeric field quirk [Again]

From: Matthew Hagerty <matthew(at)venux(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Numeric field quirk [Again]
Date: 2000-10-05 03:57:45
Message-ID: 4.3.2.7.2.20001004235437.00d05550@pop3.venux.net
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Greetings,

Well, it seems that the numeric issue I was having has nothing to do with
the precision and scale being set the same, it has to do with the input
data. The precision has to be at least 2 greater than the biggest number
you need to enter, i.e.

equinox=# create table test ( d numeric(4,2) );
CREATE
equinox=# insert into test values(10);
INSERT 167844 1
equinox=# insert into test values(101);
ERROR: overflow on numeric ABS(value) >= 10^2 for field with precision 4
scale 2

Matthew

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