This is part of the Columns View, if you add a numeric field to your table
and don't provide any Length or Precision then :
numeric_precision is returned as 65535
numeric_scale is returned as 65531
Is this what you'd expect, and what does it mean to create a column with
no Length or Precision, I'm using pgAdmin to create the tables and
columns, but the tables are created and seem to work.
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CAST(
CASE (CASE WHEN t.typtype = 'd' THEN t.typbasetype ELSE
a.atttypid END)
WHEN 21 /*int2*/ THEN 16
WHEN 23 /*int4*/ THEN 32
WHEN 20 /*int8*/ THEN 64
WHEN 1700 /*numeric*/ THEN ((CASE WHEN t.typtype = 'd' THEN
t.typtypmod ELSE a.atttypmod END - 4) >> 16) & 65535
WHEN 700 /*float4*/ THEN 24 /*FLT_MANT_DIG*/
WHEN 701 /*float8*/ THEN 53 /*DBL_MANT_DIG*/
ELSE null END
AS cardinal_number)
AS numeric_precision,
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CAST(
CASE WHEN t.typtype = 'd' THEN
CASE WHEN t.typbasetype IN (21, 23, 20) THEN 0
WHEN t.typbasetype IN (1700) THEN (t.typtypmod - 4) &
65535
ELSE null END
ELSE
CASE WHEN a.atttypid IN (21, 23, 20) THEN 0
WHEN a.atttypid IN (1700) THEN (a.atttypmod - 4) & 65535
ELSE null END
END
AS cardinal_number)
AS numeric_scale,
