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Improve docs about numeric formatting patterns (to_char/to_number).
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:34:21 +0000 (09:34 -0400)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:34:21 +0000 (09:34 -0400)
commitdbc7a7d9201da6cd85dc0bba4499c2367a2cf9d7
tree0357348806631ee2e4356b514b16c6b1f14c76a3
parent254bb39b720426f7a4616cb6b40f810c44b24b20
Improve docs about numeric formatting patterns (to_char/to_number).

The explanation about "0" versus "9" format characters was confusing
and arguably wrong; the discussion of sign handling wasn't very good
either.  Notably, while it's accurate to say that "FM" strips leading
zeroes in date/time values, what it really does with numeric values
is to strip *trailing* zeroes, and then only if you wrote "9" rather
than "0".  Per gripes from Erwin Brandstetter.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAGHENJ7jgRbTn6nf48xNZ=FHgL2WQ4X8mYsUAU57f-vq8PubEw@mail.gmail.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAGHENJ45ymd=GOCu1vwV9u7GmCR80_5tW0fP9C_gJKbruGMHvQ@mail.gmail.com
doc/src/sgml/func.sgml