Re: BUG #17866: behavior does not match documentation
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Cc: eugeny@zhuzhnev.com, pgsql-bugs <pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org>,
Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
Date: 2023-04-10T17:11:31Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes: > On 23 Mar 2023, at 22:54, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> It's more readable for sure, and it duplicates what you got in pre-v14 >> versions, at least textually. I'm not sure I'd propose back-patching >> this, but it feels like a good idea for HEAD. > Agreed, I don't think this is material for backpatching. Since we didn't get anything done about that for v16, I concluded that adjusting the docs is a better idea. If anyone takes this idea up in v17 or beyond, they can always revert fbbd7edca at that time. regards, tom lane
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Doc: adjust examples of EXTRACT() output to match current reality.
- fbbd7edca867 16.0 landed
- 707691ea620e 15.3 landed
- 07a9f4f73386 14.8 landed
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Change return type of EXTRACT to numeric
- a2da77cdb466 14.0 cited