Re: Let's drop two obsolete features which are bear-traps for novices

On 11/02/2014 06:41 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> I wrote:
>> Either way, requiring a dump/reload for upgrade is surely a better answer
>> for users of the type than just summarily screwing them.
>
> BTW, after reflecting a bit more I'm less than convinced that this
> datatype is completely useless. Even if you prefer to store currency
> values in numeric columns, casting to or from money provides a way to
> accept or emit values in whatever monetary format the LC_MONETARY locale
> setting specifies. That seems like a useful feature, and it's one you
> could not easily duplicate using to_char/to_number (not to mention that
> those functions aren't without major shortcomings of their own).

I personally find that one of the money type's missfeatures, since the
currency symbol does not vary just per language/locale but also for
which currency you are working with. For databases with multiple
currencies the output format of money is just confusing.

Andreas