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>