float8 regression test - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From The Hermit Hacker
Subject float8 regression test
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Msg-id Pine.BSF.3.96.980201221541.12562j-100000@thelab.hub.org
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*** expected/float8.out Wed Jan 28 22:05:29 1998
--- results/float8.out  Sun Feb  1 21:30:39 1998
***************
*** 9,17 ****
  QUERY: INSERT INTO FLOAT8_TBL(f1) VALUES ('-10e400');
  ERROR:  Bad float8 input format '-10e400'
  QUERY: INSERT INTO FLOAT8_TBL(f1) VALUES ('10e-400');
- ERROR:  Bad float8 input format '10e-400'
  QUERY: INSERT INTO FLOAT8_TBL(f1) VALUES ('-10e-400');
- ERROR:  Bad float8 input format '-10e-400'
  QUERY: SELECT '' AS five, FLOAT8_TBL.*;
  five|f1
  ----+--------------------

If I try this manually, teh 10e-400 and -10e-400 produce a value of
"0"...are we considering this to be correct?  Or is this a bug?

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org


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