Re: [HACKERS] Re: Re: [PORTS] the 'money' type

> > > > Where can I find some documentation on how to use the money data type in
> > > > pgsql?
> > >
> > > I never did get around to that. The code has some explanations. There
> > > isn't really much. You create a type as money and you can assign values
> > > such as '$123,456.78' (dollar sign optional) to it and it displays it
>
> ARRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Another example where a nice feature has been
> introduced but not documented! THERE IS NO POINT in having features if
> people don't know how to use them.
>
> Is this now documented????

Hi Andrew. I've added a section on data types, including boolean and money, to
the new SGML-based docs which should be available for v6.3. Looking forward to
your comments (and patches?) :)

http://alumni.caltech.edu/~lockhart/postgres/doc/html/index.sgml

- Tom