Hannu Krosing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 23:34, Teodor Sigaev wrote: >> wow=# select 5.3::float; >> ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3' > Could it be something with locales ?
Oooh, bingo! On HPUX: regression=# select 5.3::float; float8 -------- 5.3 (1 row) regression=# set lc_numeric = 'de_DE.iso88591'; SET regression=# select 5.3::float; ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3' I think this is a consequence of the changes made a little while back (by Peter IIRC?) in locale handling. It used to be that we deliberately did *not* allow any LC_ setting except LC_MESSAGES to actually take effect globally in the backend, and this sort of problem is exactly why. I think we need to revert some aspects of that change. Bruce, this is a "must fix" open item ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster