"Thomas O'Connell" <tfo@monsterlabs.com> writes:
> Indeed, it seems as though my inability to count digits was the real
> problem. Still, does this not strike anyone as a somewhat abstruse error
> message?
How would you phrase it?
> ERROR: overflow on numeric ABS(value) >= 10^9 for field with precision
> 15 scale 6
It's technically correct, but if you think you can word it better,
let's see your proposal...
regards, tom lane