float(53)</TT
> select
     <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>double precision</TT
>.  Values of <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>p</I
></TT
>
     outside the allowed range draw an error.
     <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>float</TT
> with no precision specified is taken to mean
     <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>double precision</TT
>.
    </P
><DIV
CLASS="NOTE"
><BLOCKQUOTE
CLASS="NOTE"
><P
><B
>Note: </B
>      Prior to <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> 7.4, the precision in
      <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>float(<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>p