Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> nconway=# select 'Infinity'::float8;
> ERROR: type "double precision" value out of range: overflow
> nconway=# select '-Infinity'::float8;
> ERROR: type "double precision" value out of range: overflow
> I'm inclined to just remove this attempted functionality from the
> code, rather than fix it to work properly. Any comments?
This works in 7.4 and older releases. Sounds to me like you broke it.
regards, tom lane