Heikki Linnakangas a écrit :
Laurent Martelli wrote:
to_number('123.0','999999') returns 1230, at least on version 7.4 and 8.1. I
think it should return 123 or raise an error.
to_number will silently ignore any character that doesn't match the
pattern. That can be confusing, and not generally a very bright idea in
applications, but we can't really change the behavior because that could
break existing applications.
OK. I'm tempted to say that since this is not specified in the
documentation, applications should not rely on this behaviour. But I
understand you will not to break existing applications, so perhaps you
could add a function that would behave in a more expected manner, or at
least document precisely the current behaviour in the documentation.
Best regards,
Laurent
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