From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:54:57 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Clarify that a non-specified precision NUMERIC has a very high range.
X-Git-Tag: REL9_1_BETA1~15
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0cdbef6cec753a1606c2ce2955e3ff1005ed5ebf;p=postgresql

Clarify that a non-specified precision NUMERIC has a very high range.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 13b888dff8..74408b0f39 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -529,8 +529,9 @@ NUMERIC
      <para>
       The maximum allowed precision when explicitely specified in the
       type declaration is 1000; otherwise the current implementation
-      of the <type>NUMERIC</type> is subject to the limits described
-      in <xref linkend="datatype-numeric-table">.
+      of <type>NUMERIC</type> (when the precision is not specified)
+      is subject to the limits described in <xref
+      linkend="datatype-numeric-table">.
      </para>
     </note>