On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 01:36:38PM +0000, thomas.ber...@1und1.de wrote: > > The following bug has been logged on the website: > > > > Bug reference: 14244 > > Logged by: Thomas Berger > > Email address: thomas.ber...@1und1.de > > PostgreSQL version: 9.5.3 > > Operating system: any > > Description: > > > > pg_size_pretty uses the suffix "kB" (kilobyte, 10^3 byte), but the > returned > > value is "KB", or "KiB" ( kibibyte, 2^10 byte). This is missleading and > > should be fixed. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte > > > > =# select pg_size_pretty(1024000::bigint); > > pg_size_pretty > > ---------------- > > 1000 kB > > (Thread moved to hackers.) > > Yes, we have redefined kB, and documented its use in postgresql.conf and > pg_size_pretty(), but it does not match any recognized standard. > After bouncing on this for a bit I'm inclined to mark the bug itself "won't fix" but introduce a "to_binary_iso" function (I'm hopeful a better name will emerge...) that will output a number using ISO binary suffixes. I would document this under 9.8 "data type formatting functions" instead of within system functions. pg_size_pretty output can continue with a defined role to be used as input into a GUC variable; and to keep backward compatibility. Add a note near its definition to use "to_binary_iso" for a standard-conforming output string. David J.
