> Per Tom H's suggestion; what do you think Bruce?
>
> postgres=> select 100000000000;
> NOTICE: Integer input '100000000000' is out of range; promoted to float
> ?column?
> ------------
> 100000000000
> (1 row)
>
> That would alleviate the "hidden" side effects, but still come closer to
> doing something helpful...
With the NOTICE, I like it.
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Bruce Momjian
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