[GENERAL] money type depreciated?

2006-08-01 Thread Karen Hill
I read in the documentation that the money type is depreciated. It says to use the to_char function and NUMERIC/decimal instead. Why was the money type depreciated when it was so useful? How would be the best way to use to_char and numeric to replace that type since I don't want to be using a

Re: [GENERAL] money type depreciated?

2006-08-01 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-08-01 10:18:45 -0700: I read in the documentation that the money type is depreciated. It says to use the to_char function and NUMERIC/decimal instead. Why was the money type depreciated when it was so useful? How would be the best way to use to_char and numeric

Re: [GENERAL] money type depreciated?

2006-08-01 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 10:37:35PM +, Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-08-01 10:18:45 -0700: I read in the documentation that the money type is depreciated. It says to use the to_char function and NUMERIC/decimal instead. Why was the money type depreciated when it