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 950f5086de759914dc21f1ed5b87b5f46fbfa6a4..fe58fa55242f642d5ef077126338bfb786e3bf31 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -6580,6 +6580,14 @@ SELECT regexp_match('abc01234xyz', '(?:(.*?)(\d+)(.*)){1,1}');
       </para>
      </listitem>
 
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       If the format provides fewer fractional digits than the number being
+       formatted, <function>to_char()</function> will round the number to
+       the specified number of fractional digits.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+
      <listitem>
       <para>
        The pattern characters <literal>S</literal>, <literal>L</literal>, <literal>D</literal>,