Re: [SQL] excel vs. money data type?

From: David Hartwig <daveh(at)insightdist(dot)com>
To: Leslie Mikesell <les(at)Mcs(dot)Net>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, Byron Nikolaidis <byronn(at)insightdist(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [SQL] excel vs. money data type?
Date: 1998-08-26 12:54:28
Message-ID: 35E40584.3B11394F@insightdist.com
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This sounds like a bug I came across a while ago. Since then, I abandon money in
favor of float. I suspect it has to do with the leading "$" and the a conversion
to a number. It looks like it has slipped through the proverbial crack. In any
case, it will be about a week until this can be addressed.

Leslie Mikesell wrote:

> Is there any way to get a pgsql MONEY data type into excel (office 95 version)
> using the odbc driver? I can see the values in the preview doing the
> query but they come in as zeros when I click the 'Return Data to
> Microsoft Excel' menu. I can get them in Access and export the table
> to an Excel file but I want a canned query that someone else can
> run using only Excel.
>

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