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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: postgres 7.4.2: float(20) results in error msg, but should not since 7.4)
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Msg-id 17210.1081017531@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to postgres 7.4.2: float(20) results in error msg, but should not since 7.4)  (Mathias Picker <Mathias.Picker@virtual-earth.de>)
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Mathias Picker <Mathias.Picker@virtual-earth.de> writes:
> My fresh postgres 7.4.2 install on a FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT machine replies
> "ERROR:  precision for FLOAT must be less than 16"

This is certainly pilot error: you are talking to a 7.3 or earlier
server.  7.4's corresponding error message isn't even spelt the same.

            regards, tom lane

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