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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: reducing NUMERIC size for 9.1
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Msg-id 16754.1280466833@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: reducing NUMERIC size for 9.1  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> But, looking at it a bit more carefully, isn't the maximum-size logic
> for numeric rather bogus?

Perhaps, but I think you're confused on at least one point.
numeric(2,1) has to be able to hold 2 decimal digits, not 2
NumericDigits (which'd actually be 8 decimal digits given
the current code).
        regards, tom lane

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