From 370e68ae1c0a8504a10b211a9c1d9e0ffa101259 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 18:07:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc: adjust order of NUMERIC arguments to match syntax
Specifically, mention precision before scale
Reported-by: claytonjsalem@gmail.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/152967566691.1268.1062965601465200209@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 9.3
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doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 15 +++++++--------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index cc54cc8a58..3d36cca566 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -515,14 +515,13 @@
<para>
We use the following terms below: The
- <firstterm>scale</firstterm> of a <type>numeric</type> is the
- count of decimal digits in the fractional part, to the right of
- the decimal point. The <firstterm>precision</firstterm> of a
- <type>numeric</type> is the total count of significant digits in
- the whole number, that is, the number of digits to both sides of
- the decimal point. So the number 23.5141 has a precision of 6
- and a scale of 4. Integers can be considered to have a scale of
- zero.
+ <firstterm>precision</firstterm> of a <type>numeric</type>
+ is the total count of significant digits in the whole number,
+ that is, the number of digits to both sides of the decimal point.
+ The <firstterm>scale</firstterm> of a <type>numeric</type> is the
+ count of decimal digits in the fractional part, to the right of the
+ decimal point. So the number 23.5141 has a precision of 6 and a
+ scale of 4. Integers can be considered to have a scale of zero.
</para>
<para>
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