| From: | "patrick s(dot)" <patrick_gis(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [webmaster] Documentation Error: Ceiling, Floor |
| Date: | 2016-05-03 15:36:00 |
| Message-ID: | 5728C560.2010305@gmx.net |
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Thanks, Tom.
Can confirm this. My error was that examples for "round" are using
positive values and examples of "ceiling"/"floor" are using negative
ones. Maybe misleading on a fast look.
Sorry for wasting your time, guys!
Patrick
On 03.05.2016 17:26, Tom Lane wrote:
> [ trimming 100%-inappropriate crossposts ]
>
>> On May 3, 2016, at 5:00 AM, patrick s. <patrick_gis(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>>> documentation is misleading:
>>> select ceiling(43.8); =>43
>>> select floor(43.8); =>44
>>>
>>> found in:
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/functions-math.html
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-math.html
> AFAICS, those examples refer to -43.8 not 43.8, and are quite correct.
>
> regards, tom lane
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