Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 11:27:27 +0100
From: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgreSQL.org>
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Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Spanish format on date and numbers
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	from tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us on Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 10:22:32AM -0500

On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 10:22:32AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> We can't mess around with SQL syntax --- or would you like
> 
> 	SELECT 12,34;
> 
> to have locale-dependent results?

Well that exactly was what I wanted to express. Sorry if I was unclear.

> However, I think we could make the type-specific I/O routines for
> appropriate types be locale-dependent.  So you could do
> 
> 	SELECT '12,34'::int4;
> 
> and get the desired behavior in a locale where , is the radix point.

I'm not sure this is the right thing to do.

Michael
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