On 25/11/2018 12:49, Surafel Temesgen wrote:
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> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 1:24 PM Vik Fearing <vik.fearing@2ndquadrant.com
> <mailto:vik.fearing@2ndquadrant.com>> wrote:
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> Also, this query returns 210 rows instead of the expected 208:
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> select *
> from generate_series(1, 1000)
> fetch first 20.8 percent rows only
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> this is because fetch first values work with integer and it change
> fractional number to nearest integer number like select * from
> generate_series(1, 1000) fetch first 20.3 rows only; is not an error
> rather it return 20 rows.
I don't see how this behavior is justified by reading the SQL standard.
Obviously only an integer number of rows is going to be returned, but
the percentage should be calculated correctly.
I assume you meant 200 rows there, but the correct number of rows to
return is 203 for that query. Please fix it.
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