Re: numeric precision when raising one numeric to another.

Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> writes:
> It appears from checking the output of exponentiation of one numeric to
> another, the output is actually in floating point. Is this normal and /
> or expected?

Yes, seeing that the only ^ operator we have is float8.

regression=# \do ^
List of operators
Schema | Name | Left arg type | Right arg type | Result type |
Description
------------+------+------------------+------------------+------------------+----------------------
pg_catalog | ^ | double precision | double precision | double precision | exponentiation (x^y)
(1 row)

regards, tom lane