Re: New version of money type

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Luke Lonergan <llonergan(at)greenplum(dot)com>
Cc: "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: New version of money type
Date: 2006-09-28 18:53:15
Message-ID: 20060928185315.GA16473@svana.org
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On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 11:39:31AM -0700, Luke Lonergan wrote:
> D'Arcy,
>
> On 9/28/06 10:12 AM, "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net> wrote:
>
> > Numeric has been shown to be as good or better than money in I/O
> > operations.
>
> What exactly does that mean in the context of a Datum: "I/O operations"?

Converting to/from text format for when dealing with client
applications. Numeric can convert faster than plain integers sometimes.
Numeric isn't that slow really...

Have a ncie 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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