Re: [PATCHES] Fixes for MONEY type using locale

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:47:04 -0500 (EST)
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
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> > Perhaps all we need is a way to accomplish the casting so it isn't
> > automatic.  This works:
> > 
> >     test=> SELECT regexp_replace('2343'::money::text, '[^$,]*',
> > '', 'g')::numeric; regexp_replace
> >     ----------------
> >             2343.00
> >     (1 row)
> > 
> > but the '$' and ',' are locale-specific and I can't think of a way to
> > do this generically.
> 
> With a regex?

The problem is there is no locale-independent way to determine if
'123.456' is ~123k or ~123.  I think we are going to need a way to
output the MONEY value without a currency and thousands symbols.

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