Re: PGSQL - FAQ 4.1

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> writes:
> > > Is it the case that LC_NUMERIC or
> > > other settings would affect numeric *input*?
> > 
> > No, because we don't accept those settings from the environment;
> > if you look in main.c, you'll see that only LC_MESSAGES, 
> > LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, and LC_MONETARY are accepted.
> > 
> > to_char does look at additional locale settings, I believe, but in
> > general we ignore LC_NUMERIC.
> 
> Seems I should just remove the FAQ item.

OK, I have removed the item.  Seemed just too confusing.

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