On Wednesday, March 09, 2011 5:34:41 am Dmitriy Igrishin wrote:
>
> But I am missing something or there is a documentation inaccuracy:
>
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-formatting.html#FUNCTIO > NS-FORMATTING-NUMERICMOD-TABLEsays: fill mode (suppress padding
blanks and
> zeroes)
>
> Test:
> dmitigr=> select to_char(12,'FM0009');
> to_char
> ---------
> 0012
>
> dmitigr=> select length(to_char(12,'FM0009'));
> length
> --------
> 4
>
> So, FM suppresses only padding blanks not zeroes...
>
> Any comments?
>
test(5432)aklaver=>select to_char(12,'9999');
to_char
---------
12
test(5432)aklaver=>select to_char(12,'FM9999');
to_char
---------
12
It is a little confusing, but you asked for the 0 in your
specification so they
are not considered padding.
Look at the examples in the table listed below to get an idea of
what I am
talking about.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-formatting.html Table 9-25
Yes, I see, thanks!
I just talking about phrase "fill mode (suppress padding blanks and zeroes)"
in the documentation should be rephrased to "fill mode (suppress padding
blanks)".
