Re: Reducing data type space usage - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Mark Dilger
Subject Re: Reducing data type space usage
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Msg-id 450C690D.2030004@markdilger.com
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In response to Re: Reducing data type space usage  (Mark Dilger <pgsql@markdilger.com>)
Responses Re: Reducing data type space usage  (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
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Mark Dilger wrote:

> Wouldn't a 4-byte numeric be a "float4" and an 8-byte numeric be a 
> "float8".  I'm not sure I see the difference.

Nevermind.  I don't normally think about numeric as anything other than 
an arbitrarily large floating point type.  But it does differ in that 
you can specify the range you want it to cover.

mark


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