Re: type money causes unrestorable dump - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: type money causes unrestorable dump
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Msg-id 200710090231.l992VVv19029@momjian.us
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In response to Re: type money causes unrestorable dump  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: type money causes unrestorable dump
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > I noticed that if you create a dump on a database containing a money
> > column and a certain locale, this dump is not restorable on a database
> > with a different locale.
> 
> We've been through this, no?  If money doesn't print that way, there's
> no obvious reason to have the type at all.  Use numeric if you don't
> want something with locale-specific behavior.

Added to TODO:

* MONEY dumps in a locale-specific format making it difficult to restore to a system with a different locale

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