Trig functions in manual - Mailing list pgsql-general

From James Thompson
Subject Trig functions in manual
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.21.0004172125130.12909-100000@calvin.flinthills.com
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In response to Creating users on win32  ("Joseph" <lters@mrtc.com>)
List pgsql-general
I'm trying to use the trig functions mentioned in the postgresql manual.
Namely the cosine function listed as

cos(float8)     float8    cosine   cos(0.4)

In both 6.5.3 and 7.0beta3 the function doesn't exist.  I get. . .

obe-> \df cosine
result|function|arguments|description
------+--------+---------+-----------
(0 rows)

obe-> \df cos
result|function|arguments|description
------+--------+---------+-----------
(0 rows)

I didn't see any additional ./configure options to activate the math
functions, nor did I see any recent mention of this in the mail
archives.  Am I missing something?

Also FWIW the manual lists the power function as pow which also doesn't
exist as pow but as power.

obe-> \df pow
result |function|arguments       |description
-------+--------+----------------+--------------------------
numeric|power   |numeric numeric |m raised to the power of n
(1 row)


Thanks,
James

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