Waiting for PostgreSQL 17 – Add to_bin() and to_oct().

On 23rd of August 2023, Nathan Bossart committed patch:

Add to_bin() and to_oct().
 
This commit introduces functions for converting numbers to their
equivalent binary and octal representations.  Also, the base
conversion code for these functions and to_hex() has been moved to
a common helper function.
 
Co-authored-by: Eric Radman
Reviewed-by: Ian Barwick, Dag Lem, Vignesh C, Tom Lane, Peter Eisentraut, Kirk Wolak, Vik Fearing, John Naylor, Dean Rasheed
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/Y6IyTQQ/TsD5wnsH%40vm3.eradman.com

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 13 – Add functions gcd() and lcm() for integer and numeric types.

On 25th of January 2020, Dean Rasheed committed patch:

Add functions gcd() and lcm() for integer and numeric types.
 
These compute the greatest common divisor and least common multiple of
a pair of numbers using the Euclidean algorithm.
 
Vik Fearing, reviewed by Fabien Coelho.
 
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/adbd3e0b-e3f1-5bbc-21db-03caf1cef0f7@2ndquadrant.com

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