Re: [HACKERS] floating point representation

[Tom Lane]

Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> And we frequently see questions from users about how they can display
>> fewer digits than the system wants to give them --- or, more
>> generally, format the output in some special form.

> to_char() should serve those people.

Only if they're willing to go through and change all their queries.
The geometry regress tests seem a good counterexample: one SET at the
top versus a lot of rewriting.

                        regards, tom lane