On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:36:22 +1100 Julian <[email protected]> wrote: > The comparisons with timezones ends when it comes to exchange rates.
The only comparison I made with time and time zones was in how the column type can be refined when it is created. > With a current WIP. I'm starting to think that numeric is probably > overkill for storing monetary values as well (are we going to go much > more than 6 decimal places? and thats just for storing the rates...). > > Now considering just using integers. All the formatting of the input > and display for output is done in the front end, just don't make a > mistake there. Yes, that's exactly why the money type exists. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <[email protected]> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 788 2246 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. IM: [email protected], VOIP: sip:[email protected] -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
