Re: postgres 7.4.2: float(20) results in error msg, but should not since 7.4)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Mathias Picker <Mathias(dot)Picker(at)virtual-earth(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgres 7.4.2: float(20) results in error msg, but should not since 7.4)
Date: 2004-04-03 18:38:51
Message-ID: 17210.1081017531@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Mathias Picker <Mathias(dot)Picker(at)virtual-earth(dot)de> writes:
> My fresh postgres 7.4.2 install on a FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT machine replies
> "ERROR: precision for FLOAT must be less than 16"

This is certainly pilot error: you are talking to a 7.3 or earlier
server. 7.4's corresponding error message isn't even spelt the same.

regards, tom lane

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