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PostgreSQL's float4 and float8 Implementation in C

Sep 22, 2026 8 min read Jay Hubbert

float4 (SQL real) and float8 (SQL double precision) are the two IEEE-754 binary floating-point types. They are also the least mysterious types in PostgreSQL: a float4 really is the …

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