> > Thus spake Adam Fenn
> > > Where can I find some documentation on how to use the money data type in
> > > pgsql?
> > 
> > I never did get around to that.  The code has some explanations.  There
> > isn't really much.  You create a type as money and you can assign values
> > such as '$123,456.78' (dollar sign optional) to it and it displays it


ARRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Another example where a nice feature has been
introduced but not documented! THERE IS NO POINT in having features if
people don't know how to use them.

Is this now documented????


Andrew

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Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:31:03 GMT
Andrew Martin <martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk>
Re: Re: [PORTS] the 'money' type
> > > > Where can I find some documentation on how to use the money data type in
> > > > pgsql?
> > >
> > > I never did get around to that.  The code has some explanations.  There
> > > isn't really much.  You create a type as money and you can assign values
> > > such as '$123,456.78' (dollar sign optional) to it and it displays it
>
> ARRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Another example where a nice feature has been
> introduced but not documented! THERE IS NO POINT in having features if
> people don't know how to use them.
>
> Is this now documented????

Hi Andrew. I've added a section on data types, including boolean and money, to
the new SGML-based docs which should be available for v6.3. Looking forward to
your comments (and patches?) :)

  http://alumni.caltech.edu/~lockhart/postgres/doc/html/index.sgml

                                             - Tom


Tue, 27 Jan 1998 17:03:31 +0000
"Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
Re: [HACKERS] Re: Re: [PORTS] the 'money' type
> this url is 404.. the html dir is empty..

Well, not exactly, but I have sgml on the brain. The file type is
"html", not "sgml".The URL is actually:

  http://alumni.caltech.edu/~lockhart/postgres/doc/html/index.html

Sorry for the typo.

                                                 - Tom

> >   http://alumni.caltech.edu/~lockhart/postgres/doc/html/index.sgml




Wed, 28 Jan 1998 07:47:21 +0000
"Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
Re: [HACKERS] Re: Re: [PORTS] the 'money' type