Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Numeric data types

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 10:14:48PM +0000, Godfrin, Philippe E wrote:
> Fabulous, thanks much.

You still have not told us how you are transfering the data, so we can
be sure.

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> From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020 4:56 PM
> To: Godfrin, Philippe E <Philippe(dot)Godfrin(at)nov(dot)com>
> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Numeric data types
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> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 05:32:23PM +0000, Godfrin, Philippe E wrote:
> > Thanks Bruce, I suppose you mean n32 -> n64 OK, but n64->n32 chance of 32-bit
> > overflow…
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> Uh, I was thinking that your 32-bit values could roll over and the other
> end would be confused, but I can also see the 64-bit going above the
> 32-bit range. As long as everything stays < 32-bits, you should be
> fine. We don't transfer binary values very often.
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