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1. Re: Re: [PORTS] the 'money' type

   Andrew Martin <martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk> — 1998-01-27T16:31:03Z

   > > Thus spake Adam Fenn
   > > > Where can I find some documentation on how to use the money data type in
   > > > pgsql?
   > > 
   > > I never did get around to that.  The code has some explanations.  There
   > > isn't really much.  You create a type as money and you can assign values
   > > such as '$123,456.78' (dollar sign optional) to it and it displays it
   
   
   ARRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Another example where a nice feature has been
   introduced but not documented! THERE IS NO POINT in having features if
   people don't know how to use them.
   
   Is this now documented????
   
   
   Andrew
   
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2. Re: [HACKERS] Re: Re: [PORTS] the 'money' type

   Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> — 1998-01-27T17:03:31Z

   > > > > Where can I find some documentation on how to use the money data type in
   > > > > pgsql?
   > > >
   > > > I never did get around to that.  The code has some explanations.  There
   > > > isn't really much.  You create a type as money and you can assign values
   > > > such as '$123,456.78' (dollar sign optional) to it and it displays it
   >
   > ARRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Another example where a nice feature has been
   > introduced but not documented! THERE IS NO POINT in having features if
   > people don't know how to use them.
   >
   > Is this now documented????
   
   Hi Andrew. I've added a section on data types, including boolean and money, to
   the new SGML-based docs which should be available for v6.3. Looking forward to
   your comments (and patches?) :)
   
     http://alumni.caltech.edu/~lockhart/postgres/doc/html/index.sgml
   
                                                - Tom
   
   
   

3. Re: [HACKERS] Re: Re: [PORTS] the 'money' type

   Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> — 1998-01-28T07:47:21Z

   > this url is 404.. the html dir is empty..
   
   Well, not exactly, but I have sgml on the brain. The file type is
   "html", not "sgml".The URL is actually:
   
     http://alumni.caltech.edu/~lockhart/postgres/doc/html/index.html
   
   Sorry for the typo.
   
                                                    - Tom
   
   > >   http://alumni.caltech.edu/~lockhart/postgres/doc/html/index.sgml