diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index c67c6268556776714f30786abac2132272a11dc0..dccb88c8d87a0eb94e5e95bfb909be31e04ad92e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.217 2007/11/21 04:01:37 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.218 2007/11/27 05:49:58 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="datatype"> <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title> @@ -842,6 +842,14 @@ ALTER SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>_<replaceab floating-point literals, as well as <quote>typical</quote> currency formatting, such as <literal>'$1,000.00'</literal>. Output is generally in the latter form but depends on the locale. + Non-quoted numeric values can be converted to <type>money</type> by + casting the numeric value to <type>text</type> and then + <type>money</type>: +<programlisting> +SELECT 1234::text::money; +</programlisting> + There is no simple way of doing the reverse; casting a <type>money</type> value to a + numeric type. </para> <para>