Re: [webmaster] Documentation Error: Ceiling, Floor

From: "patrick s(dot)" <patrick_gis(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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 14:52:36
Message-ID: 5728BB34.2030105@gmx.net
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Thanks, Jonathan

Didn't see whom to contact on the PG-Pages, but wanted to help.

Cheers, P

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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