Re: [GENERAL] A real currency type

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] A real currency type
Date: 2006-03-21 22:12:12
Message-ID: 20060321221212.GH11045@svana.org
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 04:10:21PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> > I'd like it to be considered for inclusion.
>
> The description page lists sufficiently many unresolved issues that
> I'd have to call it "not ready for prime time" ... even assuming there
> are not any issues you failed to identify. One showstopper I can cite
> immediately is the lack of any pg_dump support.

Really? The code creates ordinary types, operators and functions, all
of which are dumped fine by pg_dump. Dependancies are created which
should ensure the parts get dumped in the right order. What special
support in pg_dump were you envisioning?

Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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