Greg Stark <st...@mit.edu> writes: > On 24 January 2017 at 03:42, Peter van Hardenberg <p...@pvh.ca> wrote: >> The basic concept is that the value of a currency type is that it would >> allow you to operate in multiple currencies without accidentally adding >> them. You'd flatten them to a single type if when and how you wanted for any >> given operation but could work without fear of losing information.
> I don't think this even needs to be tied to currencies. I've often > thought this would be generally useful for any value with units. There already is an extension somewhere for attaching units to numeric values, which would be a place to start from for this purpose. The things I think are unique to the currency situation are: * Time-varying conversion ratios. * Conventional number of decimal places for any given currency. * Idiosyncratic I/O formats (symbol to left or right of number, odd rules for negatives, etc). I think the space here is covered by the POSIX currency locale rules. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers