| From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: New version of money type |
| Date: | 2006-09-15 09:32:21 |
| Message-ID: | 20060915093221.GC1608@svana.org |
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On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 01:56:16PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Darcy,
>
> > The biggest argument about the money type is that it has an unrealistic
> > limit.
>
> Funny, I thought it was the lack of operators, conversions and any clear plan
> on how to have a money type that supports multiple currencies.
Indeed, the multiple currencies is what I thought was the real killer.
The taggedtypes module provides a way to handle the multiple currencies
part, I don't think there have been any other real contenders.
Ofcorse, if this is a faster numeric type, you could use the
taggedtypes module to turn it into a generic money type. Win win.
Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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