Re: Lossless transmission of double precision floating point

2025-07-19 Thread Michael J. Baars
On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM Tom Lane wrote: > > "Michael J. Baars" writes: > > I receive data from a data provider on a daily basis, and noticed how they > > use fixed type floating point in text mode, to transmit data. As you might > > know, this type of transmission is not lossless. > > It

Re: Lossless transmission of double precision floating point

2025-07-18 Thread Tom Lane
"Michael J. Baars" writes: > I receive data from a data provider on a daily basis, and noticed how they > use fixed type floating point in text mode, to transmit data. As you might > know, this type of transmission is not lossless. It is if you use enough decimal digits. Are you sure you're not