From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | andreas(dot)zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at (Andreas Zeugswetter) |
Cc: | lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: AW: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] money or dollar type |
Date: | 1998-05-12 16:59:02 |
Message-ID: | 199805121659.MAA01929@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> I've just finished working on the type
> conversion algorithms so understand the current "atttypmod" field a bit
> better, but have not decided how to extend it to multiple fields.
>
> devide it into two 16 bit integers ?
atttypmod is only 16 bits, so it would be two 8-bit values. I can
change it to 32-bits if needed.
>
> A mathematical package exists for infinite scale decimals, I think
> it was part of a 56 bit RSA cracking effort. It has all thinkable
> operations defined (some I have never heard of, and I am no beginner in math)
> I think I wrote to the list about it in the past, but I can't find it anymore.
Maybe Marc can find it.
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