On Sat, 2017-09-02 at 11:41 -0700, David G. Johnston wrote: > > There is only 20 "3" after ".". Well, may be this is not a problem, > > but > > why are they infinite number of "0" after the point? I can write > > even > > > > => select (1::numeric/3-0.33333333333333333333)*1e100000; > > ?column? > > ------------------------ > > 0.00000000000000000000 > > > > Result the same. According to the docs: "Numeric values are > > physically > > stored without any extra leading or trailing zeroes." > > > > > What you see on the screen is not what is physically stored. The > documentation about the numeric type on the server is accurate, but > apparently the psql application takes some liberties as to what it > chooses to display. It's display rules for numeric don't seem to be > user documented or configurable. > > David J,
What did you mean? 0.00000000000000000000 is not 0 indeed, but wrongly show as 0. Or it's 0, but badly formated as 0.00000000000000000000? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
