Re: Question to datatype.sgml

2019-12-29 Thread Tom Lane
Tatsuo Ishii writes: >>> Can you please someone elaborate what's the meaning of "even" in >>> datatype.sgml? representable values, in order to avoid a widespread bug where input routines do not properly respect the round-to-even rule.) This value will >> It does actually mean "even

Re: Question to datatype.sgml

2019-12-29 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> On 30/12/2019 01:34, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Can you please someone elaborate what's the meaning of "even" in >> datatype.sgml? >> >> >> By default, floating point values are output in text form in their >> shortest precise decimal representation; the decimal value

Re: Question to datatype.sgml

2019-12-29 Thread Vik Fearing
On 30/12/2019 01:34, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > Hi, > > Can you please someone elaborate what's the meaning of "even" in > datatype.sgml? > > > By default, floating point values are output in text form in their > shortest precise decimal representation; the decimal value produced is >

Link to "Upgrading a PostgreSQL Cluster" in Release Notes

2019-12-29 Thread Vik Fearing
Following a complaint on IRC about the dearth of information on how to migrate to a new major version in the release notes, the attached trivial patch was determined to be sufficient for the OP. This patch applies to REL_12_STABLE.  I don't know how far it should be backpatched (the OP was