| From: | "Jean-Yves F(dot) Barbier" <12ukwn(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Mäggi Hieber <mhieber(at)sunrise(dot)ch> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: change data type 'money' to '€' |
| Date: | 2011-06-30 20:34:51 |
| Message-ID: | 20110630223451.144ee58c@anubis.defcon1 |
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:15:23 +0200, Mäggi Hieber <mhieber(at)sunrise(dot)ch> wrote:
> In our project table we have a column with costs, using data typ
> "money". By default PostgreSQL always applys '$', but we would like to
> have '€'.
> How can I change the data type "money" (currency) of a column in an
> existing table to '€'?
This is not such a good idea to use currencies' shortcuts, specially if your
program is to be internationalized or used with another currency (eg: there's
no shortcut for Swiss Franc) - for these reasons, you'd better use 3 letters
ISO-4217 codes http://www.xe.com/iso4217.php
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