On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 08:36 +0000, Andreas Pflug wrote:
Karel Zak wrote:
On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 15:29 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
I want to rewrite it for 8.1 as numeric based datetype with some formatting extension probably with some internal stuff from to_char() familly.
How about a type that is also able to hold an ISO currency identifier?
My idea is special internal API that will usable for new datetypes programming if type is defined as "numeric + symbol", for example things like speed, weight, currency.. etc.
A type consisting of value and unit probably makes pgsql even more first choice for technical applications. Please note that %, k, M and so on are scales, not units and thus dont belong into that type.
Regards, Andreas
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