float8 regression test

*** expected/float8.out Wed Jan 28 22:05:29 1998
--- results/float8.out Sun Feb 1 21:30:39 1998
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*** 9,17 ****
QUERY: INSERT INTO FLOAT8_TBL(f1) VALUES ('-10e400');
ERROR: Bad float8 input format '-10e400'
QUERY: INSERT INTO FLOAT8_TBL(f1) VALUES ('10e-400');
- ERROR: Bad float8 input format '10e-400'
QUERY: INSERT INTO FLOAT8_TBL(f1) VALUES ('-10e-400');
- ERROR: Bad float8 input format '-10e-400'
QUERY: SELECT '' AS five, FLOAT8_TBL.*;
five|f1
----+--------------------

If I try this manually, teh 10e-400 and -10e-400 produce a value of
"0"...are we considering this to be correct? Or is this a bug?

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org