Re: libpq ERROR: overflow on numeric ABS(value) ...

markw@osdl.org writes:
> Hello, I need some help understanding an error message.  I've got a
> program using libpq where I do a:
>     DECLARE mycursor CURSOR FOR SELECT new_order(...)
>     FETCH ALL IN mycursor

> and I get the resulting error from the FETCH more than half the time:
>     ERROR:  overflow on numeric ABS(value) >= 10^4 for field with precision 4 scale 0

> My new_order function is a C library that returns an integer that
> returns a number from 0 to 30.

I'm betting on a bug in your C code.  But we can't guess what without
more details.
        regards, tom lane