Re: [HACKERS] numeric data type on 6.5

>
> >> I thought numeric data type on 6.5 allows a very large precision. Am I
> >> missing something?
> >[...]
> >> test=> insert into t1 values(100000000000000000000000000000);
> >> NOTICE: Integer input '100000000000000000000000000000' is out of range; promoted to float
> >
> >Try this.
> >insert into t1 values('100000000000000000000000000000'::numeric);
>
> Thanks. It definitely works!

insert into t1 values('100000000000000000000000000000');

That one too.

The problem is that the yacc parser already tries to convert
it into an integer or float if you omit the quotes. I'll try
to implement a NUMERIC fallback for this case for 6.6 and
then have all the auto conversion functionality so NUMERIC,
INTEGER and FLOAT can be used mixed.

Jan

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