Re: [webmaster] Documentation Error: Ceiling, Floor

From: "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: "patrick s(dot)" <patrick_gis(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: webmaster(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-core(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [webmaster] Documentation Error: Ceiling, Floor
Date: 2016-05-03 15:15:08
Message-ID: 2BDBABC1-309D-4788-8FE6-9790849F775B@postgresql.org
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Hi Patrick,

> On May 3, 2016, at 10:52 AM, patrick s. <patrick_gis(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Jonathan
>
> Didn't see whom to contact on the PG-Pages, but wanted to help.
>
> Cheers, P

Not a problem! I wanted to make sure the correct people saw it :-)

Best,

Jonathan

> On 03.05.2016 16:38, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>>> On May 3, 2016, at 5:00 AM, patrick s. <patrick_gis(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear PostgreSQL developers and webmasters
>>>
>>> It appears that the documentation of the mathematical functions "ceiling" and "floor" are wrong (inverted).
>>>
>>> result is correct and as one would expect::
>>> select ceiling(43.8); =>44
>>> select floor(43.8); =>43
>>>
>>> documentation is misleading:
>>> select ceiling(43.8); =>43
>>> select floor(43.8); =>44
>>>
>>> found in:
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/functions-math.html
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-math.html
>> This should be sent to pgsql-docs (which I have CC’d)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>

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