diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index 73e4fce37b..eb3dba75f7 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PostgreSQL TODO List ==================== Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) -Last updated: Fri Jun 24 17:28:23 EDT 2005 +Last updated: Fri Jun 24 21:32:02 EDT 2005 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html. @@ -152,6 +152,17 @@ Data Types * Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type * Change NUMERIC to enforce the maximum precision, and increase it +* Add NUMERIC division operator that doesn't round? + + Currently NUMERIC _rounds_ the result to the specified precision. + This means division can return a result that multiplied by the + divisor is greater than the dividend, e.g. this returns a value > 10: + + SELECT (10::numeric(2,0) / 6::numeric(2,0))::numeric(2,0) * 6; + + The positive modulus result returned by NUMERICs might be considered + inaccurate, in one sense. + * Add function to return compressed length of TOAST data values * Allow INET subnet tests using non-constants to be indexed * Add transaction_timestamp(), statement_timestamp(), clock_timestamp() diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html index e17f3bbb93..db637523eb 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

PostgreSQL TODO List

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
-Last updated: Fri Jun 24 17:28:23 EDT 2005 +Last updated: Fri Jun 24 21:32:02 EDT 2005

The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html. @@ -142,7 +142,19 @@ first.

+

SELECT (10::numeric(2,0) / 6::numeric(2,0))::numeric(2,0) * 6; +

+

The positive modulus result returned by NUMERICs might be considered
+ inaccurate, in one sense. +

+