bigint datatype accepting floating numbers

From: Chris <pggeneral(at)designmagick(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: bigint datatype accepting floating numbers
Date: 2002-09-15 08:05:49
Message-ID: am1ep8$1nkh$1@news.hub.org
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Hi all,

Sorry if this comes through multiple times.

Just wondering if anyone can explain why this is happening. I thought
int2, int4, int8 all accepted integers only (according to the way the
docs read at least).

test=# SELECT version();
version
------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 7.3b1 on i586-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.95.3
(1 row)

test=# create table testint(smallnum int2, num int4, bignum int8);
CREATE TABLE

test=# insert into testint (smallnum) values (123.7);
ERROR: column "smallnum" is of type 'smallint' but expression is of
type 'double precision'
You will need to rewrite or cast the expression

test=# insert into testint (num) values (123.7);
ERROR: column "num" is of type 'integer' but expression is of type
'double precision'
You will need to rewrite or cast the expression

test=# insert into testint (bignum) values (123.7);
INSERT 17320 1

It seems to round the number too:

test=# SELECT * from testint;
smallnum | num | bignum
----------+-----+--------
| | 124
(1 row)

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