Numeric field quirk [Again] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Matthew Hagerty
Subject Numeric field quirk [Again]
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Msg-id 4.3.2.7.2.20001004235437.00d05550@pop3.venux.net
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Responses Re: Numeric field quirk [Again]  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: Numeric field quirk [Again]  (Jan Wieck <janwieck@Yahoo.com>)
Re: Numeric field quirk [Again]  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Greetings,

Well, it seems that the numeric issue I was having has nothing to do with 
the precision and scale being set the same, it has to do with the input 
data.  The precision has to be at least 2 greater than the biggest number 
you need to enter, i.e.

equinox=# create table test ( d numeric(4,2) );
CREATE
equinox=# insert into test values(10);
INSERT 167844 1
equinox=# insert into test values(101);
ERROR:  overflow on numeric ABS(value) >= 10^2 for field with precision 4 
scale 2


Matthew



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