Re: pgsql 10.19 : "ERROR: cannot convert infinity to numeric" except there is no infinity

On 7/19/22 10:26 AM, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> Thank you Adrian!

Actually thank:

https://sqlformat.darold.net/

> 
> Στις 19/7/22 18:36, ο/η Adrian Klaver έγραψε:
>> On 7/19/22 03:38, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
>>
>> I reformatted queries to see thing better.
>>
>>>

>> AND numrange(ceptl.min_alarm::numeric, ceptl.max_alarm::numeric, '()') 
>> @> cept.value::numeric
>> ORDER BY
>>     1;
>>
>> So the above fails. In your title when you say there is no infinity 
>> that means the cept.value, ceptl.min_alarm or ceptl.max_alarm  fields 
>> do not have any '-infinity' or 'infinity' values, correct?
> There is infinity in cept.value , just not in this result set.
> I got confused and wrongly assumed that since the result set (without 
> the filter in the WHERE clause including cept.value::numeric) did not 
> contain any infinity it should also work with the filter in the WHERE 
> clause. Apparently a subplan executes this conversion in the WHERE 
> before the other filters. I did not do any analyze to prove this.
>>

Have you tried:

NULLIF(cept.value, 'inf')::numeric

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