Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Karel Zak writes:
>> test=# select to_char(0,'FM9.9');
>> to_char
>> ---------
>> 0.
>> (1 row)
>>
>> test=# select to_char(1,'FM9.9');
>> to_char
>> ---------
>> 1.
>> (1 row)
> I find this highly bizzare.
No doubt, but it's what Oracle does (see tests posted to the lists by
several people) and to_char exists to duplicate Oracle behavior. This
is hardly the silliest aspect of to_char's definition, IMHO ...
regards, tom lane
