From: | David G Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: how do I suggest a small docs change? |
Date: | 2015-01-25 16:28:56 |
Message-ID: | 1422203336861-5835372.post@n5.nabble.com |
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J Connolly wrote
> Hi, just wondering how to suggest a small change to the docs. On a related
> note, if the source was on github it would be easier for people like me to
> suggest a change.
Just post your thoughts to -docs. The harder part of doc changes is SGML,
not the fact the Git repo is not on GitHub.
> Here's the suggested change:
> The tutorial at (
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/tutorial-transactions.html)
> should use integers (i.e. cents) when dealing with currency. Tangential to
> the point of that page, but important given that it's a page targeted at
> beginners.
That example uses the numeric type for currency; which is considerably less
convoluted then forcing everything to have hundredths resolution and
multiplication if you want to show the nominal unit (e.g. dollars).
David J.
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