Re: libpq ERROR: overflow on numeric ABS(value) ...

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: markw(at)osdl(dot)org
Cc: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org, osdldbt-general(at)lists(dot)sourceforge(dot)net
Subject: Re: libpq ERROR: overflow on numeric ABS(value) ...
Date: 2003-08-07 21:49:47
Message-ID: 8867.1060292987@sss.pgh.pa.us
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markw(at)osdl(dot)org writes:
> Hello, I need some help understanding an error message. I've got a
> program using libpq where I do a:
> DECLARE mycursor CURSOR FOR SELECT new_order(...)
> FETCH ALL IN mycursor

> and I get the resulting error from the FETCH more than half the time:
> ERROR: overflow on numeric ABS(value) >= 10^4 for field with precision 4 scale 0

> My new_order function is a C library that returns an integer that
> returns a number from 0 to 30.

I'm betting on a bug in your C code. But we can't guess what without
more details.

regards, tom lane

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