Re: [PATCHES] thousands comma numeric formatting in psql

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> This patch sounds quite a lot different from what I thought we had
>> agreed to, which was a way to specify that the client-side LC_NUMERIC
>> locale settings should be used for formatting numbers. I think the only
>> pset should be "locale on" or "locale not on". This business about
>> space is a red herring: if you want that, create a locale spec that
>> specifies it.

> Well, how many people have langinfo? I don't.

What's langinfo got to do with it? To minimize our portability
exposure, the patch should use the same facilities that
src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c already depends on, namely
setlocale() and localeconv().

regards, tom lane