| From: | Andrew Martin <martin(at)biochemistry(dot)ucl(dot)ac(dot)uk> |
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| To: | hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [PORTS] the 'money' type |
| Date: | 1998-01-27 16:31:03 |
| Message-ID: | 199801271631.QAA13174@bsmir06.biochem.ucl.ac.uk |
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> > Thus spake Adam Fenn
> > > Where can I find some documentation on how to use the money data type in
> > > pgsql?
> >
> > I never did get around to that. The code has some explanations. There
> > isn't really much. You create a type as money and you can assign values
> > such as '$123,456.78' (dollar sign optional) to it and it displays it
ARRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Another example where a nice feature has been
introduced but not documented! THERE IS NO POINT in having features if
people don't know how to use them.
Is this now documented????
Andrew
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