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Re: numeric precision when raising one numeric to another.

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Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Considering that the SQL spec says the result of multiplication of exact
> numeric types is exact numeric types of precision S1+S2, and
> exponentiation is nothing more than repeated multiplication,

... not when the exponent is non-integral.

			regards, tom lane

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