Re: COPY statement REAL vs VARCHAR precision issue

On 10/02/2011 17:13, Samuel Gilbert wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>    I'm using a COPY statement to load data into a PostGIS.  The issue I am
> facing is that if I define fields with the REAL type, the COPY will only
> preserve 4 decimals which is not sufficient for my application.

If you use NUMERIC, you can define the precision you need, and be sure
of accurate calculations:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-NUMERIC-DECIMAL

Ray.

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