From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | kar(at)webline(dot)dk |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] TODO list elements |
Date: | 1998-12-10 17:15:00 |
Message-ID: | 199812101715.MAA14581@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> I studied the TODO list without finding these elements. How about
> including then on the TODO list ?
>
> 1. Better money types. As it is now, it is unusable for large amounts,
> because it really maps to an 4 byte integer. The best solution would be
> to make the size configurable, but maybe it could do to make it 8 byte
> integer?
TODO list has:
* Make MONEY/DECIMAL have a defined precision
>
> 2. An ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN new-type. Of course the will be a risk
> of loosing information here, but that's the users problem if he eg.
> want to convert a 50 character field to 30 character.
Added:
* Add ALTER TABLE DROP/ALTER COLUMN feature
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