Using the 9.0.3 binaries from the PostgreSQL download site,  Solaris 10 on 
Sparc architecture.

I had a co-worker set up a development server using the 32 bit PostgreSQL 
binaries for Solaris 10 Sparc.  After some initial testing we realized we can't 
take full advantage of the 16 GB of system memory.  So I downloaded the 64 bit 
binaries.  We can't use the existing database we created because when we start 
the 64 bit server it errors out with:

2011-02-25 10:51:10 MST::@:[10060]: DETAIL:  The database cluster was 
initialized without USE_FLOAT8_BYVAL but the server was compiled with 
USE_FLOAT8_BYVAL.
2011-02-25 10:51:10 MST::@:[10060]: HINT:  It looks like you need to recompile 
or initdb.

I don't have a problem with blowing the database cluster away and starting over 
but I'd like to have a better understanding of what USE_FLOAT8_BYVAL does and 
how it affects our install.  I spent a considerable amount of time googling 
this and was not able to locate any useful information that explains what this 
param does and how it will affect us.

Thank you,
Rick


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