Peter Eisentraut napsal(a):
> Am Dienstag, 26. Februar 2008 schrieb Zdenek Kotala:
>
>> But how you handle situation when you have multi language application
>> which needs correct output for all languages? You cannot use any of the
>> pattern because it will be wrong for some group of languages.
>>
>
> This is what you get when you copy a proprietary, poorly specified interface.
> The to_char functions are supposed to be Oracle-compatible, so we need to
> check what Oracle does. Whether that is useful in practice is a bit
> secondary.
>
I see. It is ok from this point of view.
> I'm beginning to think, if you want formatting functions that are more sane,
> stable, and standardized, export sprintf and strftime to PostgreSQL
Yes, it should solve a problem.
Zdenek
