From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 20:52:24 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: doc:  mention that to_char() values are rounded
X-Git-Tag: REL_14_10~106
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a8e897e8beaf1a6c2d0bee0705fe1d2fffb3d338;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git

doc:  mention that to_char() values are rounded

Reported-by: barsikdacat@gmail.com

Diagnosed-by: Laurenz Albe

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/168991536429.626.9957835774751337210@wrigleys.postgresql.org

Author: Laurenz Albe

Backpatch-through: 11
---

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 3f4a841bee8..d3d35d30820 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -8034,6 +8034,14 @@ SELECT regexp_match('abc01234xyz', '(?:(.*?)(\d+)(.*)){1,1}');
       </para>
      </listitem>
 
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       If the format provides fewer fractional digits than the number being
+       formatted, <function>to_char()</function> will round the number to
+       the specified number of fractional digits.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+
      <listitem>
       <para>
        The pattern characters <literal>S</literal>, <literal>L</literal>, <literal>D</literal>,