> postgres=# select "123.45"::money;
> ERROR: column "123.45" does not exist
> LINE 1: select "123.45"::money;
> ^
> postgres=# select "$123.45"::money;
> ERROR: column "$123.45" does not exist
> LINE 1: select "$123.45"::money;
> ^
You are on the wrong mailing list :^) Try pgsql-general.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/sql-syntax.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDE
NTIFIERS
Anything between double quotes is an identifier.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe