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 14:38:44
Message-ID: 6FB5E713-894C-4C8C-A5C0-7FB16000C2F5@postgresql.org
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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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