Sim Zacks <sim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Numeric with scale precision always shows the trailing zeros. > Numeric plain only shows numbers after the decimal point that are being > used. That statement is false: regression=# select 1234.000::numeric; numeric ---------- 1234.000 (1 row) I'm not sure offhand what is the easiest way to suppress trailing zeroes, but casting to plain numeric is not the route to a solution. Really this is a textual formatting problem. You might find that the best bet is something with trim() or a regexp. The trick would be not removing zeroes that are significant ... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general