Re: numeric_to_number() function skipping some digits - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: numeric_to_number() function skipping some digits
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Msg-id 9272.1254353264@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: numeric_to_number() function skipping some digits  ("Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>)
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"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> daveg <daveg@sonic.net> wrote: 
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:27:19AM +0530, Jeevan Chalke wrote:
>>> It seems that Oracle reads formatting string from right-to-left.

>> It seems worse to to give a wrong answer silently then to throw an
>> error.  What we do now seems sort of MySqlish.
> I agree with David on that.

So who is volunteering to do the presumably rather major rewrite
involved?
        regards, tom lane


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