Re: [GENERAL] Number format problem

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Number format problem
Date: 2006-02-12 23:51:00
Message-ID: 25834.1139788260@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> This patch broke the regression tests. It seems to change the C-locale
>> behavior on many platforms.

> Oh, so C locale has "" for thousands_sep? Hmm. So there is no way to
> disinguish "" as "don't have" from "" as "don't want". Will revert.

Possibly we could special-case C locale, and allow an empty string only
when not C locale. However, it could be that there are other locales
where the change would surprise people, too :-(

regards, tom lane

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