| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Cc: | lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] money data type and conversions |
| Date: | 1999-06-23 03:27:20 |
| Message-ID: | 199906230327.XAA02980@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Thus spake Bruce Momjian
> > * Remove Money type and make synonym for decimal(x,2)
> >
> > What about the printing of currency symbol?
>
> That's the one thing that the new types don't offer but that was often
> problematical anyway. In fact, I even submitted a patch to cash.c to
> remove the currency symbol based on earlier discussions. The only
> reason it wasn't added was that the type was supposed to be removed
> soon anyway. Perhaps we should apply the patch anyway for now until
> it is removed.
>
Not good to change behavour in a minor release if we can help it.
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