ERROR: "-10e-400" is out of range for type double precision
LINE 1: SELECT '-10e-400'::float8;
^
+-- test whether denormalized values are accepted
+SELECT '4.95e-324'::float8 < '1.49e-323'::float8;
+ ?column?
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '4.95e-324'::float8 > '0'::float8;
+ ?column?
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT substr('-4.95e-324'::float8::text, 1, 4);
+ substr
+--------
+ -4.9
+(1 row)
+
-- bad input
INSERT INTO FLOAT8_TBL(f1) VALUES ('');
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type double precision: ""
SELECT '-10e-400'::float8;
float8
+-- test whether denormalized values are accepted
+SELECT '4.95e-324'::float8 < '1.49e-323'::float8;
+ ?column?
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '4.95e-324'::float8 > '0'::float8;
+ ?column?
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT substr('-4.95e-324'::float8::text, 1, 4);
+ substr
+--------
+ -4.9
+(1 row)
+
--------
-0
(1 row)
SELECT '-10e-400'::float8;
float8
+-- test whether denormalized values are accepted
+SELECT '4.95e-324'::float8 < '1.49e-323'::float8;
+ ?column?
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '4.95e-324'::float8 > '0'::float8;
+ ?column?
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT substr('-4.95e-324'::float8::text, 1, 4);
+ substr
+--------
+ -4.9
+(1 row)
+
--------
0
(1 row)
ERROR: "-10e-400" is out of range for type double precision
LINE 1: SELECT '-10e-400'::float8;
^
+-- test whether denormalized values are accepted
+SELECT '4.95e-324'::float8 < '1.49e-323'::float8;
+ ?column?
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '4.95e-324'::float8 > '0'::float8;
+ ?column?
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT substr('-4.95e-324'::float8::text, 1, 4);
+ substr
+--------
+ -4.9
+(1 row)
+
-- bad input
INSERT INTO FLOAT8_TBL(f1) VALUES ('');
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type double precision: ""
SELECT '10e-400'::float8;
SELECT '-10e-400'::float8;
+-- test whether denormalized values are accepted
+SELECT '4.95e-324'::float8 < '1.49e-323'::float8;
+SELECT '4.95e-324'::float8 > '0'::float8;
+SELECT substr('-4.95e-324'::float8::text, 1, 4);
+
-- bad input
INSERT INTO FLOAT8_TBL(f1) VALUES ('');
INSERT INTO FLOAT8_TBL(f1) VALUES (' ');