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Subject: Re: [webmaster] Documentation Error: Ceiling, Floor
From: "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>
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Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 11:15:08 -0400
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Hi Patrick,

> On May 3, 2016, at 10:52 AM, patrick s. <patrick_gis@gmx.net> wrote:
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> Thanks, Jonathan
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> Didn't see whom to contact on the PG-Pages, but wanted to help.
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> Cheers, P

Not a problem! I wanted to make sure the correct people saw it :-)

Best,

Jonathan


> On 03.05.2016 16:38, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>> Hi Patrick,
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>>> On May 3, 2016, at 5:00 AM, patrick s. <patrick_gis@gmx.net> wrote:
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>>> Dear PostgreSQL developers and webmasters
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>>> It appears that the documentation of the mathematical functions "ceilin=
g" and "floor" are wrong (inverted).
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>>> result is correct and as one would expect::
>>> select ceiling(43.8); =3D>44
>>> select floor(43.8);  =3D>43
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>>> documentation is misleading:
>>> select ceiling(43.8); =3D>43
>>> select floor(43.8); =3D>44
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>>> found in:
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/functions-math.html
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-math.html
>> This should be sent to pgsql-docs (which I have CC=E2=80=99d)
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>> Thanks!
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>> Jonathan
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