Re: lc_numeric and decimal delimiter

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
Subject: Re: lc_numeric and decimal delimiter
Date: 2005-11-11 12:18:31
Message-ID: 200511111318.31589.peter_e@gmx.net
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Gavin Sherry wrote:
> I am at OpenDBCon in Germany. People are complaining about
> floats/numerics not accepting German/European conventions for the
> delimiter point -- a comma.

Supporting localized input formats everywhere (numbers, geometric
objects, date/time, arrays, etc.) will create dozens of incompatible
PostgreSQL variants.

I think a preferrable solution would be use an updatable view that has,
say, to_numeric tied in somewhere.

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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