| From: | Joel Burton <joel(at)joelburton(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | Szima Gábor <sygma(at)tesla(dot)hu>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: numeric to text (7.3) |
| Date: | 2002-12-02 19:03:38 |
| Message-ID: | 20021202190338.GB13254@temp.joelburton.com |
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On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 01:35:47PM -0500, Rod Taylor wrote:
> > template1=# select text(2.000::numeric);
> > text
> > -------
> > 2.000
> > (1 row)
> >
> > The text(numeric) function doesn't round numbers. :(
> >
> > This is bug or feature? :)
>
> I'd say feature in that it doesn't reduce the precision of the number.
... and, of course, you can round with:
joel(at)joel=# select round('2.000'::numeric);
round
-------
2
(1 row)
joel(at)joel=# select round('2.000'::numeric,2);
round
-------
2.00
(1 row)
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