Re: Infinities in type numeric

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

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

To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>

Date: 2020-06-13T20:33:26Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Attachments

numeric-infinities-2.patch (text/x-diff) patch

Here's a v2 patch:

* Rebased over today's nearby commits

* Documentation changes added

* Sort abbrev support improved per Andrew's suggestions

* Infinities now considered to fail any typmod precision limit,
  per discussion with Robert.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

Support infinity and -infinity in the numeric data type.
- a57d312a7706 14.0 landed