Re: [GENERAL] Money

From: Bill Sneed <bsneed(at)mint(dot)net>
To: Bob Dusek <bobd(at)palaver(dot)net>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Money
Date: 1998-12-14 01:07:26
Message-ID: 367464CE.3148C25B@mint.net
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Bob Dusek wrote:
>
> Hey there,
>
> I had some similar problems recently, try this
>
> select someid, somemoneyfield * 2::float as product from table;
>
> You cannot multiply money * money, apparently. But, money * float seems
> to work fine. Same goes with division:
>
> select someid, somemoneyfield / 2::float as quotient from table;
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
Thanks Bob...to some extent it does...I was able to do ---
somemoneyfield *2::int2 or /2::int2 but got a complaint when trying a
floating point datatype....but if it works for you it must be me! :-)

....TNX...Bill

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