On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:36:22 +1100 Julian <temp...@internode.on.net> wrote: > The comparisons with timezones ends when it comes to exchange rates.
The only comparison I made with time and time zones was in how the column type can be refined when it is created. > With a current WIP. I'm starting to think that numeric is probably > overkill for storing monetary values as well (are we going to go much > more than 6 decimal places? and thats just for storing the rates...). > > Now considering just using integers. All the formatting of the input > and display for output is done in the front end, just don't make a > mistake there. Yes, that's exactly why the money type exists. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <da...@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 788 2246 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. IM: da...@vex.net, VOIP: sip:da...@vex.net -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
