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commit    82b13dbc4d4b46f71ca95ce1cc15c425deff5957
Author:   Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date:     Thu Apr 22 18:47:26 2021 +0000

    Doc: document the tie-breaking behavior of the round() function.
    
    Back-patch to v13; the table layout in older branches is unfriendly
    to adding such details.
    
    Laurenz Albe
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/161881920775.685.12293798764864559341@wrigleys.postgresql.org


 doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index d2011634075..5bba13973f3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1568,7 +1568,10 @@ repeat('Pg', 4) <returnvalue>PgPgPgPg</returnvalue>
         <returnvalue>double precision</returnvalue>
        </para>
        <para>
-        Rounds to nearest integer
+        Rounds to nearest integer.  For <type>numeric</type>, ties are
+        broken by rounding away from zero.  For <type>double precision</type>,
+        the tie-breaking behavior is platform dependent, but
+        <quote>round to nearest even</quote> is the most common rule.
        </para>
        <para>
         <literal>round(42.4)</literal>
@@ -1583,7 +1586,7 @@ repeat('Pg', 4) <returnvalue>PgPgPgPg</returnvalue>
        </para>
        <para>
         Rounds <parameter>v</parameter> to <parameter>s</parameter> decimal
-        places
+        places.  Ties are broken by rounding away from zero.
        </para>
        <para>
         <literal>round(42.4382, 2)</literal>


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