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

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Christof Petig <christof@petig-baender.de>
Cc: PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-11-14T14:50:32Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
Christof Petig <christof@petig-baender.de> writes:
> COPY test (x) FROM stdin;
> 0.29999999999999999
> \.

This is not a bug; it's pg_dump trying to recreate the actual floating
point value as accurately as it can.  See the discussion of
extra_float_digits from six months or a year back.

			regards, tom lane