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https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-FLOAT

> Applications that wanted precise values have historically had to set [extra_float_digits](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/runtime-config-client.html#GUC-EXTRA-FLOAT-DIGITS) to 3 to obtain them. For maximum compatibility between versions, they should continue to do so.