Re: [GENERAL] to_char bug?
Thanks, sometimes the obvious just passes me by. :-( If the number is negative there needs to be room for the minus sign... Martijn van Oosterhout kleptog@svana.org wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send unregister YourEmailAddressHere to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [GENERAL] to_char bug?
If the number is negative there needs to be room for the minus sign... On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 09:25:02AM -, Ben Trewern wrote: From the docs: FM suppresses leading zeroes and trailing blanks that would otherwise be added to make the output of a pattern be fixed-width It works now but for one I don't understand why the space is added in the firs place and two I think the docs don't tell the whole story ie leading blanks and I assume trailing zeros if applicable. -- Martijn van Oosterhout kleptog@svana.org http://svana.org/kleptog/ Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone else to do the other 95% so you can sue them. pgp5cFrqsC8HC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [GENERAL] to_char bug?
From the docs: FM suppresses leading zeroes and trailing blanks that would otherwise be added to make the output of a pattern be fixed-width It works now but for one I don't understand why the space is added in the firs place and two I think the docs don't tell the whole story ie leading blanks and I assume trailing zeros if applicable. Regards, Ben Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Trewern [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It seems that to_char(1, '000') gives a string 001 with a space in front. Is this a bug? No. Possibly you want 'FM000'. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
[GENERAL] to_char bug?
Is there any reason why : SELECT char_length(to_char(1, '000')); Gives a result char_length - 4 (1 row) It seems that to_char(1, '000') gives a string 001 with a space in front. Is this a bug? Regards, Ben ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
Re: [GENERAL] to_char bug?
Ben Trewern wrote: Is there any reason why : SELECT char_length(to_char(1, '000')); Gives a result char_length - 4 (1 row) It seems that to_char(1, '000') gives a string 001 with a space in front. Is this a bug? Regards, Ben Try formatting the result: SELECT char_length(to_char(1, 'fm000')); char_length - 3 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
Re: [GENERAL] to_char bug?
Ben Trewern [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It seems that to_char(1, '000') gives a string 001 with a space in front. Is this a bug? No. Possibly you want 'FM000'. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
