| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: insert column monetary type ver 2 |
| Date: | 2021-11-22 16:47:44 |
| Message-ID: | 3756995.1637599664@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> writes:
> On 11/21/21 19:21, Ron wrote:
>> Why then does the money type exist? At the very least, why isn't it
>> deprecated?
> It was at one point:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/datatype-money.html
> Not entirely sure why it was revived. You can search the mailing list
> archive for discussions on this.
I think we concluded there was no appetite for actually removing it.
8.3 fixed the very worst problem that had led to deprecation, namely
making it an 8-byte integer not 4-byte, so we concluded that it had
at least some excuse to live. As already noted, if it doesn't do
what you want, don't use it.
regards, tom lane
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