The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 2356
Logged by: Philip Crotwell
Email address: crotwell@seis.sc.edu
PostgreSQL version: 8.1
Operating system: linux
Description: sqrt and cbrt return different types
Details:
The return of sqrt() is numeric but the return type of cbrt is double, which
is confusing. So, for example this works:
select mod(sqrt(4.1), 4);
but this
select mod(cbrt(4.1), 4);
fails with
ERROR: function mod(double precision, integer) does not exist
and you have to do this instead:
select mod(CAST (cbrt(4.1) AS NUMERIC), 4);
It seems to me that square root and cube root should be the same in return
type.
The docs should be updated if this change is made:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/functions-math.html
