Re: [doc patch] extra_float_digits and casting from real to numeric

Re: To Tom Lane 2014-01-08 <20140108094017(dot)GA20317(at)msgid(dot)df7cb(dot)de>
> What about this patch to mention this gotcha more explicitely in the
> documentation?
>
> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0386330..968f4a7
> *** a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
> --- b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
> *************** NUMERIC
> *** 689,694 ****
> --- 689,697 ----
> <literal>0</literal>, the output is the same on every platform
> supported by PostgreSQL. Increasing it will produce output that
> more accurately represents the stored value, but may be unportable.
> + Casts to other numeric datatypes and the <literal>to_char</literal>
> + function are not affected by this setting, it affects only the text
> + representation.
> </para>
> </note>
>

Anyone for that patch?

Christoph
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