2009/8/3 Euler Taveira de Oliveira <eu...@timbira.com>: > Brendan Jurd escreveu: >> Euler, could you post results for a number which fits within Oracle's >> data type but has three exponent digits (like 1E+100)? >> > I don't access to an Oracle Server now but it works fine up to the 127 limit. > And differently to what Pavel proposed, the number of E's is not related to > the number of characters (at least not anymore). So I would like to see the > EEEE being used if we have 2 or 3 exponent digits (that is the same behavior > Oracle has). >
Okay, so Oracle just forces the output wider to accomodate the exponent (i.e., you can't rely on it being fixed-width). I can adjust the patch to imitate this behaviour; should be able to post a new revision within 24 hours. Cheers, BJ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
