Re: cast from integer to money
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-04-01T02:58:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mar 31, 2011, at 6:39 PM, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote: > * Kevin Grittner (Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov) wrote: >> If you're just talking about going in the one direction, I might be >> persuaded that's sane, especially because of the case of literals, >> and especially since there are currencies where fractional amounts >> aren't used in the conventional representation. > > Going just integer->money, with the "1" -> "$1.00", seems completely > reasonable to me. As for being too late in the cycle.. if someone's > willing to do the work, I can't imagine it breaking anything, so I > wouldn't be against putting it in. It really should be before the > first beta tho. Agreed, emphatically. ...Robert