add alias FLOAT for double precision

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#1PG Bug reporting form
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/datatype.html
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In table 8.1 (
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype.html#DATATYPE-TABLE ) the
FLOAT alias isn't listed, I think it would make sense to include beside
FLOAT8.

#2Euler Taveira
euler@eulerto.com
In reply to: PG Bug reporting form (#1)
Re: add alias FLOAT for double precision

On Thu, Aug 7, 2025, at 7:35 AM, PG Doc comments form wrote:

In table 8.1 (
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype.html#DATATYPE-TABLE ) the
FLOAT alias isn't listed, I think it would make sense to include beside
FLOAT8.

Makes sense.

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Euler Taveira
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#3Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Euler Taveira (#2)
Re: add alias FLOAT for double precision

"Euler Taveira" <euler@eulerto.com> writes:

On Thu, Aug 7, 2025, at 7:35 AM, PG Doc comments form wrote:

In table 8.1 (
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype.html#DATATYPE-TABLE ) the
FLOAT alias isn't listed, I think it would make sense to include beside
FLOAT8.

Makes sense.

Agreed, pushed.

regards, tom lane