Re: [GENERAL] A real currency type

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: <kleptog@svana.org>, <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2006-03-22T02:04:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane said:
> I was thinking something more like a CREATE ENUM TYPE command that
> specifically lists the enum values, and some extension of that to cater
> for tagged types, and the values are put into a system catalog that the
> user doesn't manipulate directly.  I don't see why it's a good idea to
> put control of the backing table in the user's hands.

Me either. I like the sound of this.

cheers

andrew