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                        POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name        :    Billy G. Allie
Your email address    :    Bill.Allie@mug.org


System Configuration
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  Architecture (example: Intel Pentium)      : Pentium

  Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF)     : UnixWare 7.0.1

  PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.4)  : Current CVS version

  Compiler used (example:  gcc 2.8.0)        : Optimizing C Compilation
                          System  (CCS) 3.2  08/18/98
                          (u701)

Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c    fails to compile due to a string having an
embedded new-line character.


Please describe a way to repeat the problem.   Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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Compile the program. :-)


If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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Apply the following patch:

------------------------------ 8< CUT HERE >8 ------------------------------
*** src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c.orig    Mon Mar  1 10:13:27 1999
--- src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c    Mon Mar  1 23:09:00 1999
***************
*** 2370,2377 ****
      if (var->weight >= maxweight)
      {
          free_allvars();
!         elog(ERROR, "overflow on numeric
!         ABS(value) >= 10^%d for field with precision %d scale %d",
                              var->weight, precision, scale);
      }

--- 2370,2377 ----
      if (var->weight >= maxweight)
      {
          free_allvars();
!         elog(ERROR, "overflow on numeric "
!         "ABS(value) >= 10^%d for field with precision %d scale %d",
                              var->weight, precision, scale);
      }

------------------------------ 8< CUT HERE >8 ------------------------------

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