Re: Money type not gone?

From: Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Money type not gone?
Date: 2004-09-20 08:25:24
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On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 15:29 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> > Pardon me if this is redundant, but I've just noticed that the MONEY type
> > still exists in 8.0b2. Didn't we say that we were getting rid of it?
>
> No, we never actually said we would get rid of it, and certainly not on
> any particular timetable. I think the only real consensus is that no
> one likes the current integer-based implementation. Whether to remove
> it or rewrite it is still a matter in dispute.

I want to rewrite it for 8.1 as numeric based datetype with some
formatting extension probably with some internal stuff from to_char()
familly.

Karel

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