Re: insert column monetary type ver 2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: insert column monetary type ver 2
Date: 2021-11-21 16:27:10
Message-ID: 3443422.1637512030@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On 11/20/21 11:01 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> A quick lookup later, that's U+202F or "narrow no-break space".
>> cash_in is picky about this, and won't take plain ASCII space as
>> a substitute. Not sure if it should.

> It probably should, based on the Robustness Principle: "be conservative in
> what you send, be liberal in what you accept".

The contrary argument is that people tend not to like "best guess"
behavior when working with monetary amounts.

regards, tom lane

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