Re: decimal seperator

From: Mladen Gogala <mladen(dot)gogala(at)vmsinfo(dot)com>
To: Jasmin Dizdarevic <jasmin(dot)dizdarevic(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: decimal seperator
Date: 2011-01-05 01:39:23
Message-ID: 4D23CBCB.2000900@vmsinfo.com
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On 1/4/2011 8:16 PM, Jasmin Dizdarevic wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there a way to change the way how postgresql outputs floating point
> numbers?
>
> For example:
> Instead of 2.34 => 2,34 or
> Instead of 334,323.53 => 334.323,53
>
> Can this be adjusted per session?
>
> Regards,
> Jasmin
>
>
I am afraid that it can't be adjusted. You can use to_char and to_number
to get the desired format, but PostgreSQL only accepts the standard SQL
notation. I tried playing with setting LC_NUMERIC, but no luck. It
displays messages in the different format but nothing helps with the
numbers.

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