Re: New version of money type - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Luke Lonergan
Subject Re: New version of money type
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In response to New version of money type  ("D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>)
Responses Re: New version of money type  ("D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>)
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Oic - so it's a floating point in an 8 byte int.  That probably limits the speed benefits, no?

- Luke

Msg is shrt cuz m on ma treo
-----Original Message-----
From:     D'Arcy J.M. Cain [mailto:darcy@druid.net]
Sent:    Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:14 AM Eastern Standard Time
To:    Luke Lonergan
Cc:    pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Subject:    Re: [HACKERS] New version of money type

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:09:17 -0400
"Luke Lonergan" <LLonergan@greenplum.com> wrote:
> Though this may be the kiss of death, I favor a 64 bit float version of money.  It's more terse than numeric and a

I assume you mean "...64 bit INT version..."

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