| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | David W Noon <dwnoon(at)ntlworld(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: numeric field overflow |
| Date: | 2009-10-09 16:29:46 |
| Message-ID: | 200910091629.n99GTkH22336@momjian.us |
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David W Noon wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:20:11 +0600, Nurzhan Kirbassov wrote about
> [GENERAL] numeric field overflow:
>
> [snip]
> >So, does the precision part of the numeric type really means number of
> >digits to the left of the decimal point, or what ?
>
> No.
>
> The precision is the *total* number of decimal digits, both to the left
> and to the right of the decimal point.
Yes, this is confusing, but it is how the standard defines the behavior.
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