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James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I have created a custom type called my_numeric, which is roughly the same as the existing numeric type. I have declared in, out, typmod_in, and typmod_out functions. I create a table like:
> CREATE TABLE test (col1 my_numeric(6, 3));

> And then do \d test and can see that col1 is declared as (6, 3), which I think confirms that my typmod_in and typmod_out function are correct.

> But when I do:

> INSERT INTO test VALUES ('12.34');

> It behaves as though the typmod parameter to my in function
> (PG_GETARG_INT32(2)) is passed in as -1.

It might be.  In at least some cases the parser will generate a value as
unconstrained my_numeric and then expect to be able to cast that to the
constrained subtype.  Whether that's the case here or not, in general you
will need a length-coercion cast function to support a type like this.
IIRC, you can read about that in the CREATE CAST documentation.

			regards, tom lane


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