Re: pg_dump and psql disagree on numerical precision (powerpc)

Christof Petig <christof@petig-baender.de>

From: Christof Petig <christof@petig-baender.de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-11-14T22:07:46Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
Tom Lane schrieb:
> Christof Petig <christof@petig-baender.de> writes:
> 
>>Commenting out "set extra_float_digits=2" in pg_dump.c gives me the old 
>>behaviour. Is it only me wishing for a command line parameter for 
>>pg_dump to set desired precision?
> 
> 
> It seems to me that you should be using type NUMERIC if you think there
> is a difference between 0.3 and 0.29999999999999999.

Touché. (you score)

   Christof