Re: [GENERAL] SELECT x'00000000F'::int leading zeros causes "integer out of range" - Mailing list pgsql-general

Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> writes:
> Is this expected behavior ?
>     ts=# SELECT x'00000000F'::int;
>     ERROR:  22003: integer out of range
>     LOCATION:  bittoint4, varbit.c:1575

Yes.  The provided operation is "convert a bitstring of up to 32 bits
to an integer".  It's not "guess whether it's okay to throw away some
bits to make an integer".

As an example, even if you think it's obvious that it would be okay
to convert that bitstring to "15", would it be all right to convert
x'FFFFFFFFF' to "-1" ?

            regards, tom lane