Re: postgres 7.4.2: float(20) results in error msg, but - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Mathias Picker wrote:

> While trying to install the roundup issue tracking system I discovered
> the following - faulty - behaviour:
>
> My fresh postgres 7.4.2 install on a FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT machine replies
>
> "ERROR:  precision for FLOAT must be less than 16"
>
> to
>
> "create table otks (otk_key varchar(255),otk_value
> varchar(255),otk_time             float(20));"

It appears to work for me on a just compiled 7.4.2 under Redhat 8:

template1=# create table otks (otk_key varchar(255),otk_value
template1(# varchar(255),otk_time               float(20));
CREATE TABLE
template1=# select version();
                                                 version
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 7.4.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.2
20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)
(1 row)