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Old 04-18-2008, 12:40 AM
Tom Lane
 
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Default Re: thousands comma numeric formatting in psql

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> OK, I have applied the following patch to make numerisep a boolean,


"numericsep" is no longer even remotely reasonable as a name for the
parameter. Something like "numeric_use_locale" would be appropriate
(but probably too wordy).

> The only question I have is whether those locale values are single-byte
> strings in all locals, or could they be multi-byte or multi-character,
> in which case I have to treat them as strings.


I think you have to assume they could be strings.

regards, tom lane

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