On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Francisco Olarte <folarte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Олег Самойлов <olleg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all. I have silly question. Look at "numeric" type. According to
> docs it must be "up to 131072 digits before the decimal point; up to
> 16383 digits after the decimal point". Well, lets see.
>
> => select 1::numeric/3;
> ?column?
> ------------------------
> 0.33333333333333333333
=> select 1::numeric(100,90)/3;
?column?
------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ ----
0.333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333
(1 row)
It's probably doing 1(integer) => double precioson => numeric(20) or
something similar if you do not specify.
Francisco Olarte.
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Franciso,
Per the docs, is is not "must be', it is "up to 131072 digits before the decimal point; up to
16383 digits after the decimal point".The result is correct, so what is your question?
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