Re: Precision of data types and functions

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

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