> OK, I give up :) How do I use the numeric type?
>
> postgres=> create table n1 (n numeric(10,5), d decimal(10,5));
> CREATE
> postgres=> insert into n1 values ('1.23456', '1.23456');
> ERROR: overflow on numeric
> ABS(value) >= 10^0 for field with precision 2087 scale 31828
> postgres=> insert into n1 values ('12345.23456', '1.23456');
> ERROR: overflow on numeric
> ABS(value) >= 10^4 for field with precision 2087 scale 50860
>
Works here. Don't you hate when that happens:test=> create table n1 (n numeric(10,5), d decimal(10,5));CREATEtest=>
insertinto n1 values ('1.23456', '1.23456');INSERT 18602 1test=> insert into n1 values ('12345.23456',
'1.23456');INSERT18603 1test=> select * from n1; n| d-----------+-------
1.23456|1.2345612345.23456|1.23456(2rows)
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