summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/src
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/func.sgml18
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 139c81effc3..9042cd394e1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.197 2004/04/10 18:02:59 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.198 2004/04/23 20:32:19 neilc Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -588,6 +588,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><literal><function>ceiling</function>(<type>dp</type> or <type>numeric</type>)</literal></entry>
+ <entry>(same as input)</entry>
+ <entry>smallest integer not less than argument (alias for <function>ceil</function>)</entry>
+ <entry><literal>ceiling(-95.3)</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>-95</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
<entry><literal><function>degrees</function>(<type>dp</type>)</literal></entry>
<entry><type>dp</type></entry>
<entry>radians to degrees</entry>
@@ -654,20 +662,20 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</row>
<row>
- <entry><literal><function>pow</function>(<parameter>a</parameter> <type>dp</type>,
+ <entry><literal><function>power</function>(<parameter>a</parameter> <type>dp</type>,
<parameter>b</parameter> <type>dp</type>)</literal></entry>
<entry><type>dp</type></entry>
<entry><parameter>a</> raised to the power of <parameter>b</parameter></entry>
- <entry><literal>pow(9.0, 3.0)</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>power(9.0, 3.0)</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>729</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><literal><function>pow</function>(<parameter>a</parameter> <type>numeric</type>,
+ <entry><literal><function>power</function>(<parameter>a</parameter> <type>numeric</type>,
<parameter>b</parameter> <type>numeric</type>)</literal></entry>
<entry><type>numeric</type></entry>
<entry><parameter>a</> raised to the power of <parameter>b</parameter></entry>
- <entry><literal>pow(9.0, 3.0)</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>power(9.0, 3.0)</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>729</literal></entry>
</row>