Integer to float function - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Steven Vajdic
Subject Integer to float function
Date
Msg-id 3ACD8BF4.A996BDB4@asc.corp.mot.com
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Responses Re: Integer to float function  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Einar Karttunen wrote:

>
> >
> > integer (float_expression) or int (float_expression) DO work on
> RedHat6.2/PostgreSQL6.5 and DO NOT work on Mandrake/PostgreSQL7.0.2

> Try using int2()/int4()/int8() instead of integer(). The intn()
functions
> convert the float to a integer n bytes long, in normal cases you
probably
> want to use int4().
>

Einar,

Much obliged.

int4() has done a job.

Why is that NOT documented under "Matematical functions"?

Regards,


Steven.

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