From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Martin Schäfer <Martin.Schaefer@cadcorp.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Are SQL queries locale dependent?
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:51:53 -0500
Message-ID: <5469.1109346713@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AA31868BC8CE1B4DB132141A6556A20A8D90@dev010_ex.Dev.cadcorp.net>
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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 works under all circumstances.
Use dots. The SQL syntax for a number is not locale-dependent.
regards, tom lane
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