From: | Pailloncy Jean-Gerard <jg(at)rilk(dot)com> |
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To: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] A real currency type |
Date: | 2006-03-21 17:15:29 |
Message-ID: | CB1782A5-DA89-4176-B3C6-697A4185C64E@rilk.com |
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>> This looks very interesting. Should we add it to the core
>> distribution?
>
> Excellent question. As yet I have received very little feedback on it,
> though it does work as advertised. I have had some people complain
> that
> while they'd like to use it (especially the timestamp-that-remembers-
> the-timezone), they don't like the idea of an external module.
>
> I suppose the are a few technical issues that could be raised, like
> the
> fact that it searches user tables during the parse phase, but this
> is a
> generic problem with non-immutable type input functions.
>
> I'd like it to be considered for inclusion. If the interest is there I
> can make any changes people suggest.
There was an old thread on the list about "extended type".
The general idea was to add a attribute to each column to represent
the "unit" (as for physical measure).
I had worked on a development system that use this kind of "extended
type" and it was very good to catch errors by checking the
compatibility of extended type.
Cordialement,
Jean-Gérard Pailloncy
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