>
>
> Sorry, I meant at table creation time.. What are the implications of
> atttypmod in any case? it is just a general purpose number to attach
> to attributes (for precision etc), correct?
>
It is passed to all input and output functions for each type as the
third argument. You can see its use in char() and varchar().
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