Hi,
The docs says that numeric type supports numbers upto any precision
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8.1.2. Arbitrary Precision Numbers
The type numeric can store numbers with up to 1000 digits of precision and perform calculations exactly. It is especially recommended for storing monetary amounts and other quantities where exactness is required. However, the numeric type is very slow compared to the floating-point types described in the next section.
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However
tradein_clients=# SELECT cast(2^100 as numeric); +---------------------------------+ | numeric | +---------------------------------+ | 1267650600228230000000000000000 | +---------------------------------+ (1 row) Time: 1036.063 ms
Naturally there is a loss of information here. So my question is
1. Does the specs not require pgsql to print a warning or info , will it not be considered silient truncation of data.
2. Is there any way to do such calculation using pgsql, i understand bc is a better tool for it.
Warm Regards Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
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regds Mallah.
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