| From: | Christoph Haller <ch(at)rodos(dot)fzk(dot)de> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org, hannu(at)tm(dot)ee |
| Subject: | Re: numeric datataypes as seperate library |
| Date: | 2003-02-27 12:49:49 |
| Message-ID: | 3E5E096D.878B1897@rodos.fzk.de |
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> Michael Meskes kirjutas K, 26.02.2003 kell 13:00:
> > Did anyone ever think about creating a library that is able to
handle
> > our numeric datatype? I'm currently thinking about adding this
datatype
> > among others to the ones know to ecpg so no one is forced to convert
> > them or work on the strings. On the other hand I'm not sure if
anyone's
> > interested in this feature as you could always keep the numbers as
> > strings and let the database do all calculation stuff. But then you
> > cannot use the datatype in C.
>
> I see at least 3 datatypes that would be nice to have libraries for
> using in client programs - NUMERIC, VARBIT and our
DATE/TIME/TIMESTAMP.
>
Me too.
Regards, Christoph
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