Re: Small bug with numeric in 7.0 (also in 6.5.3) - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Small bug with numeric in 7.0 (also in 6.5.3)
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Msg-id 14837.958517184@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Small bug with numeric in 7.0 (also in 6.5.3)  (Raul Chirea <raul@brahms.ro>)
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Raul Chirea <raul@brahms.ro> writes:
> This problem bothers me because if one (me, for example ;-) tries to
> use a client program that compose the select automaticaly (i.e. Delphi
> table component) and there is no way to manually cast that expression
> (i.e. "where <numeric_field> = 12345.67::numeric") this is a real problem !

Yeah, we know :-(.  However, fixing it right --- that is, not simply
transferring the breakage to someone else --- is not all that simple.
We're working on it...

            regards, tom lane

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