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Change docs to do 20! rather than larger.

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Bruce Momjian
2002-04-18 03:37:13 +00:00
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@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ On the other hand, the postfix operator <literal>!</> (factorial)
is defined only for integer data types, not for float8. So, if we
try a similar case with <literal>!</>, we get:
<screen>
tgl=> select text '44' ! as "factorial";
tgl=> select text '20' ! as "factorial";
ERROR: Unable to identify a postfix operator '!' for type 'text'
You may need to add parentheses or an explicit cast
</screen>
@ -443,10 +443,10 @@ This happens because the system can't decide which of the several
possible <literal>!</> operators should be preferred. We can help
it out with an explicit cast:
<screen>
tgl=> select cast(text '44' as int8) ! as "factorial";
tgl=> select cast(text '20' as int8) ! as "factorial";
factorial
---------------------
2673996885588443136
2432902008176640000
(1 row)
</screen>
</para>