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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [GENERAL] Numeric performances
From:       Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo.romano () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-05-31 19:25:27
Message-ID: 200705312125.27266.vincenzo.romano () gmail ! com
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On Thursday 31 May 2007 19:42:20 Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> It is.  But why do you care?  You either have the correctness that
> NUMERIC gives, or you don't.

Because FLOAT8 can be precise enough for some application and not
enough for other ones.

-- 
Vincenzo Romano
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For sure they won't ever become so stupid. [VR-1988]

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