From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: type money causes unrestorable dump |
Date: | 2007-10-09 02:31:31 |
Message-ID: | 200710090231.l992VVv19029@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > I noticed that if you create a dump on a database containing a money
> > column and a certain locale, this dump is not restorable on a database
> > with a different locale.
>
> We've been through this, no? If money doesn't print that way, there's
> no obvious reason to have the type at all. Use numeric if you don't
> want something with locale-specific behavior.
Added to TODO:
* MONEY dumps in a locale-specific format making it difficult to
restore to a system with a different locale
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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