Re: chop off non-meaningful digits

Yep, I think this is it:
select trim(trailing '0.' from 1.020)

Many thanks.
SWK

"A. Kretschmer" wrote:

> am Mon, dem 13.11.2006, um 5:45:44 -0800 mailte SunWuKung folgendes:
> > What would be the easiest way to get back only the meaningful digits of
> > a numeric value in a pgsql function? eg?
> >
> > 1.002 --> 1.002
> > 1.020 --> 1.02
> > 1.200 --> 1.2
> > 1.000 --> 1
>
> You can use trim for this:
>
> test=*> select 1.020 + 0.01;
> ?column?
> ----------
> 1.030
> (1 row)
>
> test=*> select trim(trailing '0' from 1.020 + 0.01);
> rtrim
> -------
> 1.03
> (1 row)
>
>
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