Re: Are SQL queries locale dependent? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Are SQL queries locale dependent?
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Msg-id 5469.1109346713@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Are SQL queries locale dependent?  (Martin Schäfer <Martin.Schaefer@cadcorp.com>)
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=?iso-8859-1?Q?Martin_Sch=E4fer?= <Martin.Schaefer@cadcorp.com> writes:
> I recently found out that my app doesn't work in Spain because it creates localized queries like this:

> create table t (c1 float8, c2 float8);
> insert into t (c1, c2) values (3,14159, 1,4142);

> I understand that PostgreSQL obviously can't parse this query. But I'm not sure how to fix this query so that it
worksunder all circumstances. 

Use dots.  The SQL syntax for a number is not locale-dependent.

            regards, tom lane

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