RE: Inconsistency in the documentation

2002-03-03 Thread Doug Thompson
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 14:58:33 +0100, Roger Baklund wrote: >* Roger Baklund >> I came across what I think is a serious inconsistency. >> >> http://www.mysql.com/doc/N/u/Numeric_types.html > >> >> This page describes DECIMAL (and NUMERIC) as an exact precission type. >> >> http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/

RE: Inconsistency in the documentation

2002-03-03 Thread Roger Baklund
* Roger Baklund > I came across what I think is a serious inconsistency. > > http://www.mysql.com/doc/N/u/Numeric_types.html > > > This page describes DECIMAL (and NUMERIC) as an exact precission type. > > http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/r/Problems_with_float.html > > > This page includes DECIMAL as on

Re: Inconsistency in the documentation

2002-03-02 Thread Roger Baklund
While I'm at it... ROUND(X,D) and FORMAT(X,D) are quite similar, but they are in different places in the documentation. Why is FORMAT() placed under Miscellaneous functions? It seems to be just as mutch 'mathematical' as ROUND(), even if it returns a string... (All the 'mathematical functions' r