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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: dfm@ringing.org
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Subject: Re: Better example
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 12:59:41PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Tue, Nov  8, 2016 at 06:01:58PM +0000, dfm@ringing.org wrote:
> > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> > 
> > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/datatype-numeric.html
> > Description:
> > 
> > I think that in the section on floating point Infinity/-Infinity/NaN in the
> > Data Types chapter the example would be better setting it to -Infinity
> > rather than positive, as that would make clear that the minus sign needs to
> > be within the quote marks. This isn&#39;t clear otherwise.
> 
> Is the attached patch what you are suggesting?

Patch applied.

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> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
> new file mode 100644
> index 67d0c34..fbc3576
> *** a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
> --- b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
> *************** FROM generate_series(-3.5, 3.5, 1) as x;
> *** 750,756 ****
>        floating-point arithmetic does not follow IEEE 754, these values
>        will probably not work as expected.)  When writing these values
>        as constants in an SQL command, you must put quotes around them,
> !      for example <literal>UPDATE table SET x = 'Infinity'</>.  On input,
>        these strings are recognized in a case-insensitive manner.
>       </para>
>   
> --- 750,756 ----
>        floating-point arithmetic does not follow IEEE 754, these values
>        will probably not work as expected.)  When writing these values
>        as constants in an SQL command, you must put quotes around them,
> !      for example <literal>UPDATE table SET x = '-Infinity'</>.  On input,
>        these strings are recognized in a case-insensitive manner.
>       </para>
>   

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