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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index 9ed65a30b23..f7724f5e704 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 1.211 2007/10/21 20:04:37 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.212 2007/11/05 12:02:20 darcy Exp $ --> <chapter id="datatype"> <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title> @@ -834,14 +834,6 @@ ALTER SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>_<replaceab <sect1 id="datatype-money"> <title>Monetary Types</title> - <note> - <para> - The <type>money</type> type is deprecated. Use - <type>numeric</type> or <type>decimal</type> instead, in - combination with the <function>to_char</function> function. - </para> - </note> - <para> The <type>money</type> type stores a currency amount with a fixed fractional precision; see <xref @@ -852,6 +844,14 @@ ALTER SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>_<replaceab Output is generally in the latter form but depends on the locale. </para> + <para> + Since the output of this data type is locale-sensitive, it may not + work to load <type>money</> data into a database that has a different + setting of <varname>lc_monetary</>. To avoid problems, before + restoring a dump make sure <varname>lc_monetary</> has the same or + equivalent value as in the database that was dumped. + </para> + <table id="datatype-money-table"> <title>Monetary Types</title> <tgroup cols="4"> |