> Maybe it makes sense that in the proposal below the parameter > EXTRA_DIGITS could be SIGNIFICANT_DIGITS with a default value > of 15 and maximum 18. > Its more 'documentable' and maybe easy to understand in general.
Yes agree (or double_significant_digits or format_double_digits ?), but default to DBL_DIG and allow range between 1 and DBL_DIG + 3. format_* could be used for all future output format tweaks. Unfortunately %A is not portable :-( Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
