Re: Money type not gone?

Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>

From: Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-09-20T08:25:24Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 15:29 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> > Pardon me if this is redundant, but I've just noticed that the MONEY type 
> > still exists in 8.0b2.    Didn't we say that we were getting rid of it?
> 
> No, we never actually said we would get rid of it, and certainly not on
> any particular timetable.  I think the only real consensus is that no
> one likes the current integer-based implementation.  Whether to remove
> it or rewrite it is still a matter in dispute.

 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.

	Karel

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