Re: to_char/to_number loses sign - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> SELECT to_number('485-', '999S');
>  to_number
> -----------
>        485

> Is this a bug or intentional?

Tracing through this, it looks like the problem is that NUM_processor()
has no switch case for NUM_S (nor does the default case raise an error,
which seems a risky practice to me).

Karel, can you verify this and submit a fix?
        regards, tom lane