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From Andreas Pflug
Subject Re: Reducing NUMERIC size for 8.3
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Msg-id 46769D14.6090107@pse-consulting.de
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In response to Reducing NUMERIC size for 8.3  ("Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Reducing NUMERIC size for 8.3  ("Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
Re: Reducing NUMERIC size for 8.3  (Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>)
Re: Reducing NUMERIC size for 8.3  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Simon Riggs wrote:
> The objections to applying this patch originally were:
> 2. it would restrict number of digits to 508 and there are allegedly
> some people that want to store > 508 digits.
>   
If 508 digits are not enough, are1000 digits be sufficient? Both limits
appear quite arbitrary to me.

Regards,
Andreas

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