Re: [HACKERS] float4 confused as int??

Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> Ed Loehr <eloehr@austin.rr.com> writes:
> > The problem is occurring with a database that was restored with psql
> > from a pg_dump (6.5.2).
> 
> > If I dump the problem table, then drop/recreate it with my original
> > table creation commands, and then reload with only the insert commands
> > from the pg_dump'ed file, it reloads and allows updating of the float
> > field without a problem.
> 
> OK.  Almost certainly, the data in the table is of no consequence;
> the table schema is what matters.  What are your original table
> creation commands, and what does pg_dump emit?

I'd hoped to spot an erroneous integer type redefinition of the column
in the pg_dump output, but no such luck.

------------ Original table creation commands: ----------------------
CREATE TABLE contract_activity_type (       id              SERIAL,       contract_id     INTEGER NOT NULL, -- default
frequencyfor
 
planning       activity_type_id INTEGER NOT NULL,-- Ex: "Interviews",
"Coaching", ...        travel_required INTEGER NOT NULL, -- bool: yes/no       billable        INTEGER NOT NULL, --
bool:yes/no       duration        FLOAT4 NOT NULL,  -- how long is the activity
 
in days       participants    INTEGER NOT NULL, -- # of expected
participants       frequency_id    INTEGER NOT NULL,  -- default frequency for
planning       cloned          INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, -- bool: yes/no       creator_id      INTEGER NOT NULL
DEFAULT0, -- person id        creation_time   DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),       updater_id      INTEGER NOT NULL
DEFAULT0, -- person id        last_update     DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),       record_status   INTEGER NOT NULL
DEFAULT1,       PRIMARY KEY (contract_id,activity_type_id)
 
);
CREATE INDEX contract_activity_type_aid ON
contract_activity_type(activity_type_id);
CREATE INDEX contract_activity_type_cid ON
contract_activity_type(contract_id);

------------ pg_dump output: -----------------------------------------
CREATE SEQUENCE "contract_activity_type_id_seq" start 214 increment 1
maxvalue 2147483647 minvalue 1  cache 1 ;
SELECT nextval ('contract_activity_type_id_seq');
CREATE SEQUENCE "contract_activity_type_e_id_seq" start 1386 increment
1 maxvalue 2147483647 minvalue 1  cache 1 ;
SELECT nextval ('contract_activity_type_e_id_seq');
CREATE TABLE "contract_activity_type" (       "id" int4 DEFAULT nextval ( '"contract_activity_type_id_seq"'
) NOT NULL,       "contract_id" int4 NOT NULL,       "activity_type_id" int4 NOT NULL,       "travel_required" int4 NOT
NULL,      "billable" int4 NOT NULL,       "duration" float4 NOT NULL,       "participants" int4 NOT NULL,
"frequency_id"int4 NOT NULL,       "cloned" int4 DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,       "creator_id" int4 DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
"creation_time"datetime DEFAULT now ( ) NOT NULL,       "updater_id" int4 DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,       "last_update"
datetimeDEFAULT now ( ) NOT NULL,       "record_status" int4 DEFAULT 1 NOT NULL);