Peter Eisentraut wrote:
Teodor Sigaev writes:
wow=# select 5.3::float;
ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3'
Does it accept '5,4'::float?
Yes, it accepted '5,4'::float format.
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Teodor Sigaev writes:
> wow=# select 5.3::float;
> ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3'
Does it accept '5,4'::float? Try running initdb with --locale=C.
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Hannu Krosing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 23:34, Teodor Sigaev wrote:
>> wow=# select 5.3::float;
>> ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3'
> Could it be something with locales ?
Oooh, bingo! On HPUX:
regression=# select 5.3::float;
float8
5.3
(1 row)
regres
Tom Lane wrote:
> I think this is a consequence of the changes made a little while back
> (by Peter IIRC?) in locale handling. It used to be that we deliberately
> did *not* allow any LC_ setting except LC_MESSAGES to actually take
> effect globally in the backend, and this sort of problem is exac
On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 23:34, Teodor Sigaev wrote:
> wow=# select 5.3::float;
> ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3'
Could it be something with locales ?
Try:
select 5,3::float;
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Works here:
test=> select 5.3::float;
float8
5.3
(1 row)
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Teodor Sigaev wrote:
> wow=# select 5.3::float;
> ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3'
> wow=# sel
wow=# select 5.3::float;
ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3'
wow=# select 5.3::float8;
ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3'
wow=# select 5.3::float4;
ERROR: Bad float4 input format '5.3'
wow=# select 5.3e-1::float4;
ERROR: Bad float4 input format '0.53'
wow=# select -5.3e-1::float4;
ERROR: Ba
