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-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.502 2010/02/12 17:33:19 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.503 2010/02/16 21:18:01 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="functions">
<title>Functions and Operators</title>
@@ -5174,7 +5174,11 @@ SELECT SUBSTRING('XY1234Z', 'Y*?([0-9]{1,3})');
<para>
<literal>FM</literal> suppresses leading zeroes and trailing blanks
that would otherwise be added to make the output of a pattern be
- fixed-width.
+ fixed-width. In <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>,
+ <literal>FM</literal> modifies only the next specification, while in
+ Oracle <literal>FM</literal> affects all subsequent
+ specifications, and repeated <literal>FM</literal> modifiers
+ toggle fill mode on and off.
</para>
</listitem>