Tom Lane wrote:
> Aside from the semantic-gap issue, there is the point that providing
> a cast might actually mask application errors. I can well imagine
> cases where one of the reasons for using MONEY is *exactly* that it's
> not a plain number or easily convertible to one.
I'm always against
Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:47:04 -0500 (EST)
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Perhaps all we need is a way to accomplish the casting so it isn't
> > automatic. This works:
> >
> > test=> SELECT regexp_r
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Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps all we need is a way to accomplish the casting so it isn't
> automatic. This works:
>
> test=> SELECT regexp_replace('2343'::money::text, '[^$,]*',
> '
Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Well if we are going to continue to support money (which I am against)
> > we should support the casting to numeric as that is by far a more
> > common implementation of money and we will have mixed environments.
>
> So, you don't
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well if we are going to continue to support money (which I am against)
> we should support the casting to numeric as that is by far a more
> common implementation of money and we will have mixed environments.
So, you don't use MONEY, and you don't wa
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Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Added to TODO list:
> > * Allow MONEY to be cast to/from other numeric data types
>
> So in other words, that's been added
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Added to TODO list:
> * Allow MONEY to be cast to/from other numeric data types
So in other words, that's been added to the TODO list *purely* on your
own say-so, and not because any users asked for it or anyone else thinks
it's a good idea.
Sin
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:27:38 -0500 (EST)
> > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I am confused about two other items with MONEY. First, why can't
> > > anything but a string be cast to this type?
> > >
> > > test=> select 87123487231
D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:27:38 -0500 (EST)
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am confused about two other items with MONEY. First, why can't
> > anything but a string be cast to this type?
> >
> > test=> select 871234872319489323::money;
> > ERROR: c
