From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Thomas O'Connell <tfo@monsterlabs.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: double precision to numeric overflow error
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 23:15:09 -0500
Message-ID: <726.1041999309@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tfo-EC7463.21010907012003@news.hub.org>
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<tfo-EC7463.21010907012003@news.hub.org>
"Thomas O'Connell" <tfo@monsterlabs.com> writes:
> Indeed, it seems as though my inability to count digits was the real
> problem. Still, does this not strike anyone as a somewhat abstruse error
> message?
How would you phrase it?
> ERROR: overflow on numeric ABS(value) >= 10^9 for field with precision
> 15 scale 6
It's technically correct, but if you think you can word it better,
let's see your proposal...
regards, tom lane
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