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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
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> Mark Butler writes:
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> > 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