Re: to_char(0,'9999.99') -> ".00" - Mailing list pgsql-general

to_char(0,'9990.00')
?

On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 22:48 +0000, Phil Endecott wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I was a bit surprised to find that
>
>     to_char(0,'9999.99')
>
> returns    .00 rather than 0.00.
>
> Is this a bug or a feature?  How do I get what I want?
>
> (This is with 7.4.2.  Appologies if it is a known problem.  The search
> form in the list archives seems to split words on _, so looking for
> to_char finds lots of pages that just say 'char'.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil Endecott.
>
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