Re: pgsql: Clarify that a non-specified precision NUMERIC has a very high r

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Clarify that a non-specified precision NUMERIC has a very high r
Date: 2011-04-26 18:28:10
Message-ID: 10692.1303842490@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>> I removed the extra "the", and I didn't think people were clear you
>> could just specify NUMERIC alone. We know you can you can do things
>> like VARCHAR, but others will probably not realize it so I wanted to
>> explicity mention it. Other wording?

> Oh, good catch. I agree that removing the extra "the" is a good
> change, but I think you should remove the parenthetical phrase you
> added.

I agree, the parenthetical phrase is entirely redundant with the earlier
part of the sentence; or if you must have it, it belongs after
"otherwise", not where it is.

Also, could we spell "explicitly" correctly?

regards, tom lane

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