Re: Re: BUG #12885: The result of casting a double to an integer depends on the database version - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Andrew Gierth
Subject Re: Re: BUG #12885: The result of casting a double to an integer depends on the database version
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Msg-id 87lhik4o45.fsf@news-spur.riddles.org.uk
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In response to Re: Re: BUG #12885: The result of casting a double to an integer depends on the database version  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Re: BUG #12885: The result of casting a double to an integer depends on the database version  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

 Tom> BTW, if memory serves we also have a pretty lazy rounding
 Tom> implementation for the numeric datatype.  I wonder if now would be
 Tom> a good time to upgrade that to be round-to-nearest-even as well.

A data point: there have been occasional complaints on IRC about the
fact that numeric rounding is not round-to-even, but obviously it's
harder to tell if anyone is relying on the current behavior.

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Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)

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