| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Silent overflow |
| Date: | 2004-04-23 21:23:18 |
| Message-ID: | 20040423212318.GQ41429@nasby.net |
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stats=# select 10000*1000000000, 10000*1000000000::bigint;
?column? | ?column?
------------+----------------
1316134912 | 10000000000000
(1 row)
Shouldn't the first expression throw an error instead of doing whatever
it's actually doing? This is the sort of thing I like to bash mysql
about...
Version 7.4.2 if it matters...
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