X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96FEA9F9858 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:30:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17294-03-3 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:29:56 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C9BE9FB378 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:29:53 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7OHTl6J007132; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:29:47 -0400 (EDT) To: aarni@kymi.com cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: double precision vs. numeric In-reply-to: <200608241936.50752.aarni@kymi.com> References: <200608241936.50752.aarni@kymi.com> Comments: In-reply-to Aarni =?iso-8859-1?q?Ruuhim=E4ki?= message dated "Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:36:50 +0300" Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:29:46 -0400 Message-ID: <7131.1156440586@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.816 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=SPF_HELO_SOFTFAIL, SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Level: *** X-Archive-Number: 200608/183 X-Sequence-Number: 26141 Aarni =?iso-8859-1?q?Ruuhim=E4ki?= writes: > I vaguely remember having seen a message > ' ... type double precision ... will be depreciated / unsupported in future > releases ... ' > or something like that somewhere. (?) Perhaps you are thinking of type "money"? DOUBLE PRECISION is in the SQL standard, it's certainly not going anywhere. regards, tom lane