| From: | "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Luke Lonergan" <llonergan(at)greenplum(dot)com> |
| Cc: | sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: New version of money type |
| Date: | 2006-09-28 21:07:10 |
| Message-ID: | 20060928170710.82d40dd8.darcy@druid.net |
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:39:31 -0700
"Luke Lonergan" <llonergan(at)greenplum(dot)com> wrote:
> > Numeric has been shown to be as good or better than money in I/O
> > operations.
>
> What exactly does that mean in the context of a Datum: "I/O operations"?
It means that numeric is better and parsing/storing/displaying than
money.
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