Re: floating point representation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: floating point representation
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Msg-id 6646.982704381@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: floating point representation  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> And we frequently see questions from users about how they can display
>> fewer digits than the system wants to give them --- or, more
>> generally, format the output in some special form.

> to_char() should serve those people.

Only if they're willing to go through and change all their queries.
The geometry regress tests seem a good counterexample: one SET at the
top versus a lot of rewriting.
        regards, tom lane


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