Re: maximum digits for NUMERIC

Gianni Ciolli <gianni.ciolli@2ndquadrant.it> writes:
> maybe we should change the "1000 digits" here:

>   http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-NUMERIC-DECIMAL

> because ISTM that up to 2^17 digits are supported

This is incorrect.  (You're confusing the number of stored digits
with the location of the decimal point.)
        regards, tom lane