Re: "format" function documentation fix

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Dean Rasheed wrote:
> On 14 September 2013 09:29, rudolf <stu3(dot)1(at)eq(dot)cz> wrote:
>> The last example from
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/functions-string.html#FUNCTIONS-STRING-FORMAT
>> - "examples using width fields and the - flag" seems to be incorrect, see
>> the attached patch.
>
> No, the example is correct. Referring to the documentation above that:
>
> If the width argument is negative, the result is left aligned (as
> if the - flag had been specified) ...
>
> This applies even if the "-" flag is also specified. So the last
> example is meant to illustrate that 2 minuses don't make a plus here.

That's very unusual, IMO. This behavior follows some SQL standard or is
it an invention of PostgreSQL?

Thanks,

r.