On 01/26/2013 03:09 PM, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> 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.
>
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/interactive/catalog-pg-type.html
production=# SELECT typname,typlen from pg_type where typname ='int8';
-[ RECORD 1 ]-
typname | int8
typlen | 8
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