Re: [HACKERS] money data type and conversions]

> Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Maybe we will have to add '$' symbols to a special case of the numeric
> > type, or add a function to output numeric in money format?
> 
> I like the last idea (add a formatting function), because it's simple,
> self-contained, and doesn't force any solutions on anyone.  Don't want
> any decoration on your number?  Just read it out.  Don't like the
> decoration added by the formatting function?  Write your own function.
> No table reconstruction required.  With a data-type-driven approach,
> changing your mind is painful because you have to rebuild your tables.
> 
> We'd probably also want an inverse function that would strip off the
> decoration and produce a numeric, but that's easy too...

Added to TODO:
* Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type               
I should add I have reorganized the TODO list to be clearer.  People may
want to check it out on our newly designed web site.

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