A pgAdmin user has just pointed out that the data editor doesn't work with money columns, apparently because it casts data when inserting/updating it. The docs for money say:
The money type stores a currency amount with a fixed fractional precision; see Table 8-3. Input is accepted in a variety of formats, including integer and floating-point literals, as well as "typical" currency formatting, such as '$1,000.00'. Output is generally in the latter form but depends on the locale. Yet: -- Executing query: select 123.45::money ERROR: cannot cast type numeric to money SQL state: 42846 -- Executing query: select $123.45::money ERROR: syntax error at or near ".45" SQL state: 42601 Character: 12 -- Executing query: select '$123.45'::money ERROR: invalid input syntax for type money: "$123.45" SQL state: 22P02 -- Executing query: select '£123.00'::money ERROR: invalid input syntax for type money: "£123.00" SQL state: 22P02 -- Executing query: select '123.45'::money Total query runtime: 0 ms. [this one returns an empty value] So my question is, how do we cast input to the money type? Or am I working too late again and being a plank? Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org