[TEST REPORT] 9.1Alpha3 Feature E.1.4.7.2 in release notes.

From: Ramanujam <innomotive(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-testers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [TEST REPORT] 9.1Alpha3 Feature E.1.4.7.2 in release notes.
Date: 2011-01-07 05:10:54
Message-ID: AANLkTikg5S_ou3+N6abiwSGLfNxPDkmbsb1gYpMQcdBU@mail.gmail.com
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[TEST REPORT]

[Release]: 9.1Alpha3. Binaries compiled with mingw-32 (gcc 4.4.0) on
i686 without zlib support.

[Test Type]: Feature

[Test]: a) Check feature E.1.4.7.2 in 9.1Alpha3 release notes
(Monetary data type). b) Documentation mistake(?)

[Platform]: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Intel Core i5 2.67 GHz. 4 GB RAM.

[Parameters]: None

[Failure]: Yes

[Results]: Documentation states that integer literals are allowed
values for input. I am getting the following error:

test=# select version();
PostgreSQL 9.1alpha3 on i686-pc-mingw32, compiled by GCC gcc.exe (GCC)
4.4.0, 32-bit
(1 row)

test=# show lc_monetary;
Japanese_Japan.932
(1 row)

test-# CREATE TABLE moneytbl VALUES (m1 money, m2 money);
CREATE TABLE
test=# INSERT INTO moneytbl VALUES (1,2);
ERROR: column "m1" is of type money but expression is of type integer
at character 30
HINT: You will need to rewrite or cast the expression.
STATEMENT: INSERT INTO moneytbl VALUES (1,2);
ERROR: column "m1" is of type money but expression is of type integer
LINE 1: INSERT INTO moneytbl VALUES (1,2);
^
HINT: You will need to rewrite or cast the expression.
test-#

[Comments]:
1. Other type of inserts seem fine so far:
test=# INSERT INTO moneytbl VALUES ('1','2');
INSERT 0 1
test=# INSERT INTO moneytbl VALUES ('\1',\'2'); -- The "\" character
translates to the yen symbol in a Windows japanese locale environment.
INSERT 0 1
test=# INSERT INTO moneytbl VALUES (1::numeric,2::numeric); -- Feature
numeric to money cast check. OK.
INSERT 0 1
test=# INSERT INTO moneytbl VALUES (10.4345,7.234);
INSERT 0 1
test=# SELECT *, m1/m2 INTO moneytbl VALUES (10.4345,7.234); --
Feature division of monetary types yielding float8. OK.
m1 | m2 |
-----+----+------------------
\1 | \2 | 0.5
\1 | \2 | 0.5
\1 | \2 | 0.5
\10 | \7 | 1.42857142857143

2. A nitpick is that fraction yen values cannot be saved. float8
inputs in ja_JP locale settings get rounded (as seen above). While the
lowest denomination is indeed 1円, fractional yen values are highly
desirable. I am forced to use numeric (x,2) as fractional yen values
are not supported. This is based on a production use-case scenario.

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