BUG #18951: Precision loss in inner join while using SUM aggregate function - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

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Subject BUG #18951: Precision loss in inner join while using SUM aggregate function
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Msg-id 18951-3092d80beab3d2ef@postgresql.org
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Re: BUG #18951: Precision loss in inner join while using SUM aggregate function
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Bug reference:      18951
Logged by:          bingyan li
Email address:      bingyanli@email.ncu.edu.cn
PostgreSQL version: 17.4
Operating system:   ubuntu 22.04
Description:

Database version: 17.4 (Debian 17.4-1.pgdg120+2)
DROP TABLE t0, t1;
CREATE UNLOGGED TABLE t0 (c0 boolean, c1 double precision, CONSTRAINT
t0_pkey PRIMARY KEY (c1));
CREATE TABLE t1 (c0 numeric);
INSERT INTO t0 (c0, c1) VALUES(false, 156160112), (false, 0.7898343);
INSERT INTO t1 (c0) VALUES(0.09662093327539545),
(0.06221937587785409),(0.6254519330662367);
-- judgement: s1 = s2 + s3, However, s2 is not correctly computed
SELECT SUM(t0.c1) AS s1 FROM ONLY t0 INNER JOIN ONLY t1 ON t0.c1 != t1.c0
GROUP BY t0.c0;
         s1
--------------------
 468480338.36950296
(1 row)
SELECT SUM(t0.c1) AS s2 FROM ONLY t0 INNER JOIN ONLY t1 ON t0.c1 > t1.c0
GROUP BY t0.c0;
        s2
-------------------
 468480338.3695029
(1 row)
SELECT SUM(t0.c1) AS s3 FROM ONLY t0 INNER JOIN ONLY t1 ON t0.c1 < t1.c0
GROUP BY t0.c0;
 s3
----
(0 rows)
-- further analysis: s2 is not correctly computed, it should be
468480338.36950296
database76=# SELECT t0.c1 AS s2 FROM t0 INNER JOIN t1 ON t0.c1 > t1.c0;
    s2
-----------
 0.7898343
 156160112
 0.7898343
 156160112
 0.7898343
 156160112
(6 rows)


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