id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
17854	Add database-specific checks for the maximum supported values of DecimalField max_digits, decimal_places	anonymous	Yu Chen Lee	"For a model field created as
{{{
models.DecimalField(max_digits = 200, decimal_places = 100, blank = False, null = False)
}}}

While using admin interface to insert a record involving such a !DecimalField, the format changes (loss of precision and it uses scientific notation (even in the database)) (Please note - it works properly for low precision values (example - .987654321001234) - but for larger precision values (probably 15 decimal_places or more) it results in loss of precision)

* django version 1.3.1 and 1.4c1 (don't know about older versions);
* python 2.6.6;
* linux;
"	New feature	assigned	Core (System checks)	dev	Normal		DecimalField bug	Walter Doekes	Accepted	1	0	0	1	0	0