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> On May 3, 2016, at 5:00 AM, patrick s. <patrick_gis@gmx.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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