Re: [HACKERS] atttypmod

You could use atttypmod to have a type that has a default output format
that you specify at type creation time.

> 
> 
> How about having output options for types?  I know this can be
> implemented with functions and views, but it would be nice to able to
> output values in different formats by default (such as datetime =>
> seconds since the epoch)
> 
> On Thu, 19 February 1998, at 22:04:34, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > > Which functionality is that?
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 19 February 1998, at 16:48:26, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Just to let people know, pg_attribute.atttypmod is now passed as the
> > > > third parameter to all in and out functions, so it is ready to go for
> > > > people who need this functionality.
> > > 
> > 
> > Things like decimal types with defined precision.  decimal(10,2).
> > 
> > -- 
> > Bruce Momjian
> > maillist@candle.pha.pa.us
> 


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