[teiid-commits] teiid SVN: r1876 - trunk/documentation/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/content.

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Author: shawkins
Date: 2010-02-25 16:59:53 -0500 (Thu, 25 Feb 2010)
New Revision: 1876

Modified:
   trunk/documentation/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/datatypes.xml
Log:
TEIID-1001 adding a documentation warning about converting types to string

Modified: trunk/documentation/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/datatypes.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/documentation/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/datatypes.xml	2010-02-25 17:05:21 UTC (rev 1875)
+++ trunk/documentation/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/datatypes.xml	2010-02-25 21:59:53 UTC (rev 1876)
@@ -245,6 +245,15 @@
           Allowed explicit conversions may still fail during processing
           if the runtime values are not actually convertable.</para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+         <warning>
+	         <para>The Teiid conversions of float/double/bigdecimal/timestamp to string rely on the JDBC/Java defined
+	         output formats.  Pushdown behavior attempts to mimic these results, but may vary depending upon the actual
+	         source type and conversion logic.  Care should be taken to not assume the string form in criteria or other
+	         places where a variation may cause different results.
+	         </para>
+         </warning>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
     <para>
     </para>