| From: | Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> |
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| To: | Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Money type not gone? |
| Date: | 2004-09-20 10:04:51 |
| Message-ID: | 414EAB43.8090701@pse-consulting.de |
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Karel Zak wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 08:36 +0000, Andreas Pflug wrote:
>
>>Karel Zak wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 15:29 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> I want to rewrite it for 8.1 as numeric based datetype with some
>>>formatting extension probably with some internal stuff from to_char()
>>>familly.
>>
>>How about a type that is also able to hold an ISO currency identifier?
>
>
> My idea is special internal API that will usable for new datetypes
> programming if type is defined as "numeric + symbol", for example things
> like speed, weight, currency.. etc.
A type consisting of value and unit probably makes pgsql even more first
choice for technical applications. Please note that %, k, M and so on
are scales, not units and thus dont belong into that type.
Regards,
Andreas
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