round behavior differs between 8.1.5 and 8.3.7 - Mailing list pgsql-general

Howdy,
None of the discussions about rounding so far have addressed what appears to be a significant change that occurred at some point between PostgreSQL v8.1.5 and v8.3.7.  Can someone explain to me the difference between the two resultsets below?  Additionally I would like to understand what option will consistently provide a banker's-round in v8.3.7, if possible.

 

Here is the query, followed by the resultset for each version:

 SELECT
   round(3.5::numeric) as "rn3.5",
   round(3.5::float8) as "rf3.5",
   dround(3.5::numeric) as "dn3.5",
   dround(3.5::float8) as "df3.5",
   CAST(3.5::numeric as INTEGER) as "cn3.5",
   CAST(3.5::float8 as INTEGER) as "cf3.5",
   round(4.5::numeric) as "rn4.5",
   round(4.5::float8) as "rf4.5",
   dround(4.5::numeric) as "dn4.5",
   dround(4.5::float8) as "df4.5",
   CAST(4.5::numeric as INTEGER) as "cn4.5",
   CAST(4.5::float8 as INTEGER) as "cf4.5"

 

v8.1.5:

 

v8.3.7:

rn3.5,rf3.5,dn3.5,df3.5,cn3.5,cf3.5,rn4.5,rf4.5,dn4.5,df4.5,cn4.5,cf4.5
4,3,3,3,4,3,5,4,4,4,5,4

 

 

Thanks,

Robert