Re: decimal digits precision for real and double precision types

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 07:15:41PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/datatype-numeric.html
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> In table 8.2 for numeric types, when the documentation states "6 decimal
> digits precision" for the real type, we are talking about 6 digits after the
> decimal point or 6 digits in total (before and after)?

Well the number is stored as a mantissa and exponent, so it is 6
mantissa digits plus an exponent from 1E-37 to 1E+37.

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