Re: To Tom Lane 2014-01-08 <20140108094017.ga20...@msgid.df7cb.de> > What about this patch to mention this gotcha more explicitely in the > documentation? > > diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml > new file mode 100644 > index 0386330..968f4a7 > *** a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml > --- b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml > *************** NUMERIC > *** 689,694 **** > --- 689,697 ---- > <literal>0</literal>, the output is the same on every platform > supported by PostgreSQL. Increasing it will produce output that > more accurately represents the stored value, but may be unportable. > + Casts to other numeric datatypes and the <literal>to_char</literal> > + function are not affected by this setting, it affects only the text > + representation. > </para> > </note> >
Anyone for that patch? Christoph -- c...@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
