numeric datataypes as seperate library

Michael Meskes kirjutas K, 26.02.2003 kell 13:00:

Did anyone ever think about creating a library that is able to handle
our numeric datatype? I'm currently thinking about adding this datatype
among others to the ones know to ecpg so no one is forced to convert
them or work on the strings. On the other hand I'm not sure if anyone's
interested in this feature as you could always keep the numbers as
strings and let the database do all calculation stuff. But then you
cannot use the datatype in C.

I see at least 3 datatypes that would be nice to have libraries for
using in client programs - NUMERIC, VARBIT and our DATE/TIME/TIMESTAMP.

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Hannu

On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 06:00, Michael Meskes wrote:

And of course I don't like the idea of linking in the GPLed
GNU MP library on default as this would create licensing problems.

Actually, GNU MP is released under the LGPL.

Cheers,

Neil
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Michael Meskes kirjutas K, 26.02.2003 kell 13:00:

Did anyone ever think about creating a library that is able to

handle

our numeric datatype? I'm currently thinking about adding this

datatype

among others to the ones know to ecpg so no one is forced to convert

them or work on the strings. On the other hand I'm not sure if

anyone's

interested in this feature as you could always keep the numbers as
strings and let the database do all calculation stuff. But then you
cannot use the datatype in C.

I see at least 3 datatypes that would be nice to have libraries for
using in client programs - NUMERIC, VARBIT and our

DATE/TIME/TIMESTAMP.

Me too.

Regards, Christoph