Re: Cast double precision to integer & check for overflow - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ian Pilcher
Subject Re: Cast double precision to integer & check for overflow
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Msg-id 5104623B.40404@gmail.com
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] Cast double precision to integer & check for overflow  ("Alexander Gataric" <gataric@usa.net>)
Responses Re: Cast double precision to integer & check for overflow
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On 01/26/2013 05:06 PM, Alexander Gataric wrote:
> Just cast to integer. Decimal portion will be lost.

That part I've got.  :-)

It's checking that the double precision value will actual fit within the
range of the integer type (-2147483648 to +2147483647).  I could
certainly hard-code these values, but I'd like to use a more expressive
syntax, if it is available.

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