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psql: Make ParseVariableDouble reject values above max

Daniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>

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Commit: e0c641ebbf0aab219bbe5fe0ed2be4d937f1fea1
Author: Daniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-05-18T15:33:36Z
Releases: 18 (unreleased) 
psql: Make ParseVariableDouble reject values above max

ParseVariableDouble missed returning false after logging an error when
the parsed value exceeded max, making the value assigned rather than
rejected.  Backpatch down to v18 where this was introduced as part of
the \WATCH_INTERVAL.

Author: Sven Klemm <sven@tigerdata.com>
Co-authored-by: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAMCrgp31p_5SDVi7dwnP39tTW5icQ0MWHA+N4kJdXgkL0PEy8w@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 18

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src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl modified +2 −0
src/bin/psql/variables.c modified +1 −0

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