Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 02:02:15AM +0000, Thomas Lockhart wrote:
>> I haven't tested this, but we do use the system libraries for reading
>> numbers. So if they are locale-enabled, then locale-specific numbers
>> should be recognized...
> Yes, but the parser probably won't. It definitely only lists a decimal
> point.
We can't mess around with SQL syntax --- or would you like
SELECT 12,34;
to have locale-dependent results?
However, I think we could make the type-specific I/O routines for
appropriate types be locale-dependent. So you could do
SELECT '12,34'::int4;
and get the desired behavior in a locale where , is the radix point.
OTOH, arrays of int might be tricky...
regards, tom lane