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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2002-08-09 22:52:04 +0000
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2002-08-09 22:52:04 +0000
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Make sure monetary, numeric, and time locale categories are set to C and
are only activated temporarily to read out formatting information.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 8733725c2e3..8061f74ecc2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.122 2002/07/31 17:19:50 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.123 2002/08/09 22:52:04 petere Exp $
-->
<Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -1451,8 +1451,9 @@ dynamic_library_path = '/usr/local/lib/postgresql:/home/my_project/lib:$libdir'
<term><varname>LC_MONETARY</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Sets the locale to use for formatting monetary amounts.
- Acceptable values are system-dependent; see <xref
+ Sets the locale to use for formatting monetary amounts, for
+ example with the <function>to_char()</function> family of
+ functions. Acceptable values are system-dependent; see <xref
linkend="locale"> for more information. If this variable is
set to the empty string (which is the default) then the value
is inherited from the execution environment of the server in a
@@ -1480,9 +1481,9 @@ dynamic_library_path = '/usr/local/lib/postgresql:/home/my_project/lib:$libdir'
<term><varname>LC_TIME</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Sets the locale to use for formatting date and time values,
- for example with the <function>to_char()</function> family of
- functions. Acceptable values are system-dependent; see <xref
+ Sets the locale to use for formatting date and time values.
+ (Currently, this setting does nothing, but it may in the
+ future.) Acceptable values are system-dependent; see <xref
linkend="locale"> for more information. If this variable is
set to the empty string (which is the default) then the value
is inherited from the execution environment of the server in a