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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: maximum digits for NUMERIC
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Msg-id 17321.1299854283@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to maximum digits for NUMERIC  (Gianni Ciolli <gianni.ciolli@2ndquadrant.it>)
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Gianni Ciolli <gianni.ciolli@2ndquadrant.it> writes:
> maybe we should change the "1000 digits" here:

>   http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-NUMERIC-DECIMAL

> because ISTM that up to 2^17 digits are supported

This is incorrect.  (You're confusing the number of stored digits
with the location of the decimal point.)
        regards, tom lane

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