Re: probable faq: internal format of numerics

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

Brian Hurt <bhurt(at)janestcapital(dot)com> writes:
> This is probably a FAQ, but I've googled the question and haven't found 
> an answer.  What is the internal format of  numerics?

"Use the source, Luke"

http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/utils/numeric.h
http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c

> I can think of three different ways numerics could be stored 
> in PostGreSQL:

It's actually not any of the above, but it's definitely decimal not
binary.

			regards, tom lane