| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCHES] to_char(FM9.9) bug fix |
| Date: | 2002-09-20 21:32:18 |
| Message-ID: | 3571.1032557538@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Karel Zak writes:
>> test=# select to_char(0,'FM9.9');
>> to_char
>> ---------
>> 0.
>> (1 row)
>>
>> test=# select to_char(1,'FM9.9');
>> to_char
>> ---------
>> 1.
>> (1 row)
> I find this highly bizzare.
No doubt, but it's what Oracle does (see tests posted to the lists by
several people) and to_char exists to duplicate Oracle behavior. This
is hardly the silliest aspect of to_char's definition, IMHO ...
regards, tom lane
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