Re: Current CVS has strange parser for float type

Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee> writes:
> On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 23:34, Teodor Sigaev wrote:
>> wow=# select 5.3::float;
>> ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3'
> Could it be something with locales ?

Oooh, bingo! On HPUX:

regression=# select 5.3::float;
float8
--------
5.3
(1 row)

regression=# set lc_numeric = 'de_DE.iso88591';
SET
regression=# select 5.3::float;
ERROR: Bad float8 input format '5.3'

I think this is a consequence of the changes made a little while back
(by Peter IIRC?) in locale handling. It used to be that we deliberately
did *not* allow any LC_ setting except LC_MESSAGES to actually take
effect globally in the backend, and this sort of problem is exactly
why. I think we need to revert some aspects of that change.

Bruce, this is a "must fix" open item ...

regards, tom lane