Maurice wrote:
> Making an int from a float is only defined for "small" values of the float.
> So for the general case such a conversion would simply overflow the int,
> giving it an undefined value. Does this make sense to you?

This sure sounds good:
select (4.00000 !); -- would work, but 
select (4.30000 !); -- would throw a runtime error like
ERROR: float to integer conversion error, value out of range.

Andreas


Mon, 11 May 1998 10:16:20 +0200
Andreas Zeugswetter <andreas.zeugswetter@telecom.at>
float --> int