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* Undocumented FLOAT data type
@ 2001-04-12 01:49 Mark Butler <butlerm@middle.net>
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From: Mark Butler @ 2001-04-12 01:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I just noticed the SQL-92 FLOAT datatype is implemented in the grammar but is
not documented in the manual.
By the way, what was the ANSI/ISO SQL committee thinking when they made up
perverse names like "CHARACTER VARYING"? (Not to mention all the functions
that require special grammar rules just to parse...)
- Mark Butler
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* Re: Undocumented FLOAT data type
@ 2001-04-12 22:37 Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
parent: Mark Butler <butlerm@middle.net>
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From: Peter Eisentraut @ 2001-04-12 22:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mark Butler <butlerm@middle.net>; +Cc: pgsql-docs
Mark Butler writes:
> I just noticed the SQL-92 FLOAT datatype is implemented in the grammar but is
> not documented in the manual.
It's in the 7.1 manual.
> By the way, what was the ANSI/ISO SQL committee thinking when they made up
> perverse names like "CHARACTER VARYING"? (Not to mention all the functions
> that require special grammar rules just to parse...)
There is strong evidence that they were only thinking a small fraction of
the total time.
--
Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/
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* Re: Undocumented FLOAT data type
@ 2001-04-12 22:45 Mark Butler <butlerm@middle.net>
parent: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
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From: Mark Butler @ 2001-04-12 22:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>; +Cc: pgsql-docs
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> Mark Butler writes:
>
> > I just noticed the SQL-92 FLOAT datatype is implemented in the grammar but is
> > not documented in the manual.
>
> It's in the 7.1 manual.
I can't seem to find it on the web page:
http://postgresql.readysetnet.com/devel-corner/docs/postgres/datatype.html
or in the head branch datatype.sgml file.
There is "real", "double precision", "float4", and "float8", but no "float".
- Mark
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* Re: Undocumented FLOAT data type
@ 2001-04-14 09:27 Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
parent: Mark Butler <butlerm@middle.net>
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From: Peter Eisentraut @ 2001-04-14 09:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mark Butler <butlerm@middle.net>; +Cc: pgsql-docs
Mark Butler writes:
> > It's in the 7.1 manual.
>
> I can't seem to find it on the web page:
>
> http://postgresql.readysetnet.com/devel-corner/docs/postgres/datatype.html
>
> or in the head branch datatype.sgml file.
>
> There is "real", "double precision", "float4", and "float8", but no "float".
Ooops.
--
Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/
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