Thomas O'Connell wrote: > > Well, it would've immediately (rather than the several minutes it took) > given away the problem if it read something like: > > ERROR: overflow caused by cast of double precision value to numeric > without sufficient precision, scale (15, 6) > > or even, depending on how much detail is available or how much worth > assigned to error reporting:
The message will be exactly the same in all cases, since there is no more detail. I think words about casting and such could be fairly confusing in the case someone just inserts a literal value - no? Jan -- #======================================================================# # It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong than for being right. # # Let's break this rule - forgive me. # #================================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] # ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html