Re: function to format floats as money? (removing space padding)

From: Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>
To: Mark Stosberg <mark(at)summersault(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: function to format floats as money? (removing space padding)
Date: 2001-04-20 07:54:33
Message-ID: 20010420095432.C21932@ara.zf.jcu.cz
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On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 02:53:38PM -0500, Mark Stosberg wrote:
>
> Now that I've figured out that numeric is good for storing money, and
> that I can format with like this:
>
> to_char(price, '9,999,999.99') as price
>
> Then I discovered that sometimes this returns leading spaces I don't
> want. I can get rid of them like this:
>
> trim(to_char(price, '9,999,999.99')) as price
>
> Is that the recommended money formatting style, for amounts less than
> 9,999,999.99? (assuming I'll tack on my own currency symbol? ). Other
> there other general styles that folks like for this? Thanks,

May be try docs, what? :-)

test=# select to_char(123456, '9,999,999.99');
to_char
---------------
123,456.00
(1 row)

test=# select to_char(123456, 'FM9,999,999.99');
to_char
---------
123,456
(1 row)

test=# select to_char(123456, 'FM9,999,999.00');
to_char
------------
123,456.00
(1 row)

test=# select to_char(123, 'FM0,999,999.00');
to_char
--------------
0,000,123.00
(1 row)

test=# select to_char(123456, 'LFM9,999,999.00');
to_char
------------
$123,456.00
(1 row)

FM ....fill mode, skip blank spaces and zeroes (if not set '0' instead '9')
L ....currency symbol (from actual locales)

Right?

Karel

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