Re: type money causes unrestorable dump

On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 20:02:56 -0700
"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:52:23 -0400 (EDT)
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
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> > Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> > > On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:42:57 -0400 (EDT)
> > > Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
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> > > > Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> > > > > On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:31:31 -0400 (EDT)
> > > > > Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
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> > > >dering money is deprecated, is this really needed?
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> > > > We have other MONEY TODO items too. I am not sure if it is
> > > > depricated or in need of major work.
> > >
> > > Right from the docs :)
> > >
> > > Note: The money type is deprecated. Use numeric or decimal
> > > instead, in combination with the to_char function.
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> > It will be un-depricated if it is improved.
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> The money data type has been deprecated for years. It is completely
> non standard and essentially duplicative of numeric/decimal. What is
> the point?

Please ignore this. I have asked on -hackers for clarity on the issue.
If it is not deprecated I will submit a patch to -docs.

Joshua D. Drake

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