Mention extra_float_digits in floating point docs

Make it easier for readers of the FP docs to find out about possibly
truncated values.

Per complaint from Tom Duffey in message
F0E0F874-C86F-48D1-AA2A-0C5365BF5118@trillitech.com

Author: Albe Laurenz
Reviewed by: Abhijit Menon-Sen
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Alvaro Herrera 2013-07-02 12:21:16 -04:00
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@ -5366,6 +5366,7 @@ SET XML OPTION { DOCUMENT | CONTENT };
partially-significant digits; this is especially useful for dumping
float data that needs to be restored exactly. Or it can be set
negative to suppress unwanted digits.
See also <xref linkend="datatype-float">.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

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@ -681,6 +681,17 @@ NUMERIC
from zero will cause an underflow error.
</para>
<note>
<para>
The <xref linkend="guc-extra-float-digits"> setting controls the
number of extra significant digits included when a floating point
value is converted to text for output. With the default value of
<literal>0</literal>, the output is the same on every platform
supported by PostgreSQL. Increasing it will produce output that
more accurately represents the stored value, but may be unportable.
</para>
</note>
<indexterm>
<primary>not a number</primary>
<secondary>double precision</secondary>