Gregory Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> writes:
>> test=> insert into test values (123123123123123.2);
>> ERROR: numeric field overflow
>> DETAIL: The absolute value is greater than or equal to 10^14 for field
>> with precision 12, scale 2.
> Uhm 10^14? What version of Postgres is that?!
Looks like any current release :-(
> Though I get a correct text with 8.2CVS:
> ...
> I guess Tom fixed some bugs when he reimplemented NUMERIC a while back.
No, I think Bruce fixed this recently. It's just a cosmetic mistake in
the error message so we didn't back-patch it.
regards, tom lane