On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 11:16:56PM +0200, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 05:11:43PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ! DETAIL: A field with precision 4, scale 4 must have an absolute value > > > less than 1. > > > [ becomes ] > > > ! DETAIL: A field with precision 4, scale 4 must have an absolute value > > > less than 1 - 5 * 10^-5. > > > > This strikes me as overly pedantic. The message needs to be > > clear, and the proposed change will just confuse people. > > I don't know if the code can detect the difference, but a message > like: > > A field with precision 4, scale 4 must *round to* an absolute value > less than 1
What does .999 round to? How about .5? > Since that more accurately describes the actual problem. I'd say it doesn't, as worded. Maybe some other wording would be clearer. Cheers, D -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
