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To: PostgreSQL
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Data Type for Money
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> My guess is it is listed as numeric which is equivalent to decimal:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/interactive/datatype-numeric.html
Thanks. I just for some reason
Carlos Mennens writes:
> Thanks. I just for some reason can't see or understand the difference
> between 'decimal' & 'numeric'. Why have two data types for the same
> values? Am I missing something?
There isn't any difference, in Postgres. There are two type names
because the SQL standard requir
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> My guess is it is listed as numeric which is equivalent to decimal:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/interactive/datatype-numeric.html
Thanks. I just for some reason can't see or understand the difference
between 'decimal' & 'numeric'
On Friday, December 30, 2011 9:41:18 am Carlos Mennens wrote:
> I'm trying to understand what is the recommended data type for $ in
> PostgreSQL. I've done some research and from what I've gathered, there
> are a few options:
>
> 1. decimal
> 2. money
>
> I've read the 'money' data type is non-st
I'm trying to understand what is the recommended data type for $ in
PostgreSQL. I've done some research and from what I've gathered, there
are a few options:
1. decimal
2. money
I've read the 'money' data type is non-standard and I should avoid
using this. I see it a bunch of Microsoft SQL Server
