Re: numeric input changes

Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> nconway=# select 'Infinity'::float8;
> ERROR:  type "double precision" value out of range: overflow
> nconway=# select '-Infinity'::float8;
> ERROR:  type "double precision" value out of range: overflow

> I'm inclined to just remove this attempted functionality from the
> code, rather than fix it to work properly. Any comments?

This works in 7.4 and older releases.  Sounds to me like you broke it.

            regards, tom lane