Re: Problem with java infinity mapping to postgres real column type

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

"Johan Miller" <johanmiller(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 08:22, Kris Jurka <jurka(at)ejurka(dot)com> wrote:
>> I see this in the 8.3 release notes:
>> 
>> Fix float4/float8 to handle Infinity and NAN (Not A Number) consistently
>> (Bruce)  The code formerly was not consistent about distinguishing Infinity
>> from overflow conditions.

> What would be the options to handle this on earlier version where it is not
> fixed? Would it be a possibility that this will get changed in the 8.1 and
> 8.2 versions also?

I believe the conclusion was that that change shouldn't be back-patched
because it would be a behavioral change that might break applications.

			regards, tom lane