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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2017-03-20 22:22:11 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2017-03-20 22:22:18 -0400
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doc: adjust 'Infinity' example to include minus
This clarifies that quoted infinity values must have the negative signs inside single quotes. Reported-by: Don Morrison
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
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@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ FROM generate_series(-3.5, 3.5, 1) as x;
floating-point arithmetic does not follow IEEE 754, these values
will probably not work as expected.) When writing these values
as constants in an SQL command, you must put quotes around them,
- for example <literal>UPDATE table SET x = 'Infinity'</>. On input,
+ for example <literal>UPDATE table SET x = '-Infinity'</>. On input,
these strings are recognized in a case-insensitive manner.
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