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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: bug in numeric_power() function
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Msg-id 12538.1205298992@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to bug in numeric_power() function  ("Richard Wang" <ruc_wang@hotmail.com>)
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"Richard Wang" <ruc_wang@hotmail.com> writes:
> I expected 0 ^ 123.3 to be 0, but it reported error as follows
> postgres=# select 0 ^ 123.3;
> ERROR:  cannot take logarithm of zero

Hmm, seems like the numeric and float8 power operators don't agree
about 0^0 either...
        regards, tom lane

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