doc: mention that to_char() values are rounded

Reported-by: [email protected]
Diagnosed-by: Laurenz Albe
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/168991536429.626.9957835774751337210@wrigleys.postgresql.org

Author: Laurenz Albe

Backpatch-through: 11

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index b8736c3616296c5bc7506e0145a6aeb26b63eb8c..d0686a1293b425b5c851a3270e6e1979f183b1b4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -8446,6 +8446,14 @@ SELECT regexp_match('abc01234xyz', '(?:(.*?)(\d+)(.*)){1,1}');
       
      
 
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+       If the format provides fewer fractional digits than the number being
+       formatted, to_char() will round the number to
+       the specified number of fractional digits.
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        The pattern characters S, L, D,