X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38ED39F9858 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:24:39 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 50065-06 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:24:29 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from tigger.fuhr.org (tigger.fuhr.org [63.214.45.158]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5B3B9F931A for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:24:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (winnie.fuhr.org [10.1.0.1]) by tigger.fuhr.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k7OHOHk6035357 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:24:19 -0600 (MDT) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k7OHOHoI030813; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:24:17 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from mfuhr@winnie.fuhr.org) Received: (from mfuhr@localhost) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id k7OHOGAb030812; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:24:16 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from mfuhr) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:24:16 -0600 From: Michael Fuhr To: Peter Eisentraut Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, aarni@kymi.com Subject: Re: double precision vs. numeric Message-ID: <20060824172416.GB30678@winnie.fuhr.org> References: <200608241936.50752.aarni@kymi.com> <200608241851.33892.peter_e@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200608241851.33892.peter_e@gmx.net> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.211 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, SPF_PASS X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200608/182 X-Sequence-Number: 26140 On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:51:33PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Aarni Ruuhimäki wrote: > > ' ... type double precision ... will be depreciated / unsupported in > > future releases ... ' > > That is completely false. Presumably because double precision is standard SQL and has been so for a long time. Perhaps Aarni is thinking about the money type, which the documentation does say is deprecated. -- Michael Fuhr