Re: Sort question - Fractions, Metric etc

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Gavan Schneider <list(dot)pg(dot)gavan(at)pendari(dot)org>, Bret Stern <bret_stern(at)machinemanagement(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Sort question - Fractions, Metric etc
Date: 2021-08-14 23:25:45
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On 8/14/21 4:05 PM, Gavan Schneider wrote:
> On 15 Aug 2021, at 7:47, Bret Stern wrote:
>
>> I will say this business has been behind in the attributes game. Plus there are many "artsy" vendors who can hardly speak in these terms, and don't publish to us, so we do the best we can.
>>
>> Getting vendors to supply the basic values is a struggle.
>>
> I suspect you have already found all vendors reliably supply two values: how many (a dimensionless parameter), and how much (mostly in units of dollar) 😉

Hmm, you are lucky:)

Of late I get 'who knows' for how many and 'we'll see' for how much.

> Gavan Schneider
> ——
> Gavan Schneider, Sodwalls, NSW, Australia
> Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.
> — H. L. Mencken, 1920
>
>

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