Hi all. I have silly question. Look at "numeric" type. According to
docs it must be "up to 131072 digits before the decimal point; up to
16383 digits after the decimal point". Well, lets see.
=> select 1::numeric/3;
?column?
------------------------
0.33333333333333333333
Well, I expect 16383 digits after ".". But nope.
=> select (1::numeric/3-0.33333333333333333333)*1e20;
?column?
------------------------
0.00000000000000000000
=> select (1::numeric/3-0.33333333333333333332)*1e20;
?column?
------------------------
1.00000000000000000000
There is only 20 "3" after ".". Well, may be this is not a problem, but
why are they infinite number of "0" after the point? I can write even
=> select (1::numeric/3-0.33333333333333333333)*1e100000;
?column?
------------------------
0.00000000000000000000
Result the same. According to the docs: "Numeric values are physically
stored without any extra leading or trailing zeroes."