Thread: FP precision

test=# select '1000000'::real + '5'::real;
 ?column?
----------
    1e+06
(1 row)

test=# select '1000000'::real + '6'::real;
  ?column?  
-------------
 1.00001e+06
(1 row)


test=# select '0.1'::real + 0.0;
     ?column?     
-------------------
 0.100000001490116
(1 row)

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