Re: range value problem with double precision [PG 8.3.3] - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> The following, however, appears to be a bug:

> peter=# select '1E-324'::float8;
> ERROR:  22P02: invalid input syntax for type double precision: "1E-324"
> LOCATION:  float8in, float.c:431

I see this behavior on Fedora 9, but not on HPUX.  Investigation shows
that F9's strtod returns EDOM not ERANGE for this case.  Seems like a
glibc bug ...

            regards, tom lane