Re: to_char/to_number loses sign

On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 17:25 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > SELECT to_number('485-', '999S');
> > to_number
> > -----------
> > 485
>
> > Is this a bug or intentional?
>
> Tracing through this, it looks like the problem is that NUM_processor()
> has no switch case for NUM_S (nor does the default case raise an error,
> which seems a risky practice to me).
>
> Karel, can you verify this and submit a fix?

Yes, you're right. It strange, but NUM_S missing there. The conversion
from string to number is less stable part of formatting.c...

I have already 2000 lines of code of new generation of to_..()
functions. But all will available in 8.1.

The patch is in the attachment.

Karel

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