Dear all,
What are the limits of float8?
The user guide says variable-precision, 14 decimal places range but I'm not
sure how that translates to a minimum value.
I'm asking because I'm storing probability scores (range 0 to 1) with some
scores very small indeed.
The very small scores are all entered in scientific notation.
From experimentation, the smallest value I seem to be able to enter is
around 2.225e-308. Is this 'correct'?
This is PG 6.4 compiled with cc under Irix 5.3.
Cheers,
Stuart.
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