It was reported from a tester that we don't have casts of money from/to integer types even though we have from/to numeric type.
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-testers/2011-01/msg00000.php Did we have any discussions about the behavior? I think we should have them for consistency. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki.takah...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 16:34 Subject: Re: [TESTERS] [TEST REPORT] 9.1Alpha3 Feature E.1.4.7.2 in release notes. To: Ramanujam <innomot...@gmail.com> Cc: pgsql-test...@postgresql.org On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 15:54, Ramanujam <innomot...@gmail.com> wrote: > [Release]: 9.1Alpha3. Binaries compiled with mingw-32 (gcc 4.4.0) on > i686 without zlib support. > [Test]: a) Check feature E.1.4.7.2 in 9.1Alpha3 release notes > (Monetary data type). b) Documentation mistake(?) > > [Results]: Documentation states that integer literals are allowed > values for input. I am getting the following error: The docs is: http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/datatype-money.html | Input is accepted in a variety of formats, | including integer and floating-point literals The reported issue doesn't depend on lc_monetary. It comes from missing cast support from integer to money. Should we have cast to/from integer to numeric? It is inconsistent that 1::numeric::money is accepted but 1::money is not. postgres=# SHOW lc_monetary; lc_monetary ------------- C (1 row) postgres=# SELECT 1::numeric::money; money ------- $1.00 (1 row) postgres=# SELECT 1::integer::money; ERROR: cannot cast type integer to money LINE 1: SELECT 1::integer::money; ^ postgres=# SELECT castsource::regtype, casttarget::regtype, castfunc::regproc, castcontext FROM pg_cast WHERE casttarget = 'money'::regtype; castsource | casttarget | castfunc | castcontext ------------+------------+----------+------------- numeric | money | money | a (1 row) postgres=# \df money List of functions Schema | Name | Result data type | Argument data types | Type ------------+-------+------------------+---------------------+-------- pg_catalog | money | money | numeric | normal (1 row) -- Itagaki Takahiro -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
