Re: numeric precision when raising one numeric to another. - Mailing list pgsql-general

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 11:29:48PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> >     test=> select 12345678901234567890 / 123;
> >           ?column?
> >     --------------------
> >      100371373180768845
> >     (1 row)
>
> Well, that's a bug, right?

I don't think so.  The fuller answer is
100371373180768844.63414634146341463414, and that rounded to the nearest
integer is 100371373180768845.  I think people expect % do to that,
except for integers.  You could argue that numerics with zero scale are
integers, but NUMERIC % NUMERIC doesn't behave like an integer operator
--- it rounds to the proper precision.

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