diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c
index 2660bd3e31fc4fce01549b145d6b6881ccbac12e..d4e551b5edb5231f1aa4be6726054b1e8af8c60d 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c,v 1.136 2007/01/03 04:21:47 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c,v 1.137 2007/01/03 14:35:24 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1440,11 +1440,19 @@ dpow(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	/*
 	 * pow() sets errno only on some platforms, depending on whether it
-	 * follows _IEEE_, _POSIX_, _XOPEN_, or _SVID_, so, for consistency,
-	 * we don't consult it and just do our check below.
+	 * follows _IEEE_, _POSIX_, _XOPEN_, or _SVID_, and some return Nan,
+	 * so we check and set result properly.
 	 */
+	errno = 0;
 	result = pow(arg1, arg2);
-
+	if (errno == ERANGE && isnan(result))
+	{
+		if ((fabs(arg1) > 1 && arg2 >= 0) || (fabs(arg1) < 1 && arg2 < 0))
+			result = (arg1 >= 0) ? get_float8_infinity() : -get_float8_infinity();
+		else
+			result = 0;
+	}
+	
 	CHECKFLOATVAL(result, isinf(arg1) || isinf(arg2), arg1 == 0);
 	PG_RETURN_FLOAT8(result);
 }
@@ -1461,10 +1469,19 @@ dexp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	/*
 	 * exp() sets errno only on some platforms, depending on whether it
-	 * follows _IEEE_, _POSIX_, _XOPEN_, or _SVID_, so, for consistency,
-	 * we don't consult it and just do our check below.
+	 * follows _IEEE_, _POSIX_, _XOPEN_, or _SVID_, and some return Nan,
+	 * so we check and set result properly.
 	 */
+	errno = 0;
 	result = exp(arg1);
+	if (errno == ERANGE && isnan(result))
+	{
+		if (arg1 >= 0)
+			result = get_float8_infinity();
+		else
+			result = 0;
+	}
+	
 
 	CHECKFLOATVAL(result, isinf(arg1), false);
 	PG_RETURN_FLOAT8(result);