More information to add to this bug. I get the same behavior as the original poster, but the following on these queries: sszabo=> select myfloat-29.92 from "test_f4"; ?column? ---------------------- 7.62939436071974e-08 7.62939436071974e-08 (2 rows) sszabo=> select myfloat-'29.92' from "test_f4"; ?column? ---------- 0 0 (2 rows) This is probably due to the float constant being made a float8 since I also see the following: sszabo=> select 29.92::float4-29.92::float8; ?column? ---------------------- 7.62939436071974e-08 (1 row) On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > CREATE TABLE "test_r" ("key" serial, "myfloat" real); > CREATE TABLE "test_f" ("key" serial, "myfloat" float8); > CREATE TABLE "test_f4" ("key" serial, "myfloat" float4); > INSERT INTO "test_r" ("myfloat") values ('29.92'); > INSERT INTO "test_r" ("myfloat") values (29.92); > INSERT INTO "test_f" ("myfloat") values ('29.92'); > INSERT INTO "test_f" ("myfloat") values (29.92); > INSERT INTO "test_f4" ("myfloat") values ('29.92'); > INSERT INTO "test_f4" ("myfloat") values (29.92); ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])