Re: (Bug) Numeric fault calculation

From: David Johnston <polobo(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: (Bug) Numeric fault calculation
Date: 2013-06-18 22:30:19
Message-ID: 1371594619733-5759768.post@n5.nabble.com
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Guillaume Lelarge-3 wrote
> If you use a floating
> point datatype (which is what happens when you don't specificy the
> type),

I covered this in my prior post but per the documentation this is incorrect.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-CONSTANTS

4.1.2.6. Numeric Constants

"Constants that contain decimal points and/or exponents are always initially
presumed to be type numeric."

David J.

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