Storing numeric/data/currency etc.

[Maciej Piechotka]

1. What should be stored in the database? I.e. number, data, currency
and something else or that's it?

2. In what format should it be stored (well - the problem with every
provider but GetText)?
I.e in single table merged with Language table or in separate? etc.

Regards

[Alexander Coles]

I think if we're talking about a series of helper methods that provide
support for formatting currencies?

[Maciej Piechotka]

On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 19:04 +0200, Alexander Coles wrote:
> I think if we're talking about a series of helper methods that provide
> support for formatting currencies?
>

Yes.

12000.localize
Date.new(2008, 06, 24).localize
etc.

Regards

[Alexander Coles]

OK thanks for clarifying.
I'd prefer to keep information defined statically - in Hashes, etc. -
unless it changes on a daily basis (e.g. currency conversion rates).

Do we want to reopen and add methods to String, Fixnum? (I guess maybe
I am still enough of a Java developer, to find this a little
irksome ;) )

Alex

[Maciej Piechotka]

On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 21:18 +0200, Alexander Coles wrote:
> On Jun 24, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Maciej Piechotka wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 19:04 +0200, Alexander Coles wrote:
> >> I think if we're talking about a series of helper methods that
> >> provide
> >> support for formatting currencies?
> >>
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > 12000.localize
> > Date.new(2008, 06, 24).localize
> > etc.
>
> OK thanks for clarifying.
> I'd prefer to keep information defined statically - in Hashes, etc. -
> unless it changes on a daily basis (e.g. currency conversion rates).
>

Ok. But it should be somehow generated - may be from glibc locale files
(I need to get into it deeper and consider license problems).

> Do we want to reopen and add methods to String, Fixnum? (I guess maybe
> I am still enough of a Java developer, to find this a little
> irksome ;) )
>

It is done in rails. It is done in merb and rails - why not?
Possibly even:
"Hi! Hello %".localize % current_user.name
Instead of (or rather in addition to):
_("Hi! Hello %") % current_user.name

> Alex

Maciej

[Alexander Coles]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 10:29 PM, Maciej Piechotka wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 21:18 +0200, Alexander Coles wrote:
>> On Jun 24, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Maciej Piechotka wrote:
>
> Ok. But it should be somehow generated - may be from glibc locale
> files
> (I need to get into it deeper and consider license problems).

OK, agreed. Let's not reinvent the wheel. I think users should only be
required to store data that is updated continually in the database.

>> Do we want to reopen and add methods to String, Fixnum? (I guess
>> maybe
>> I am still enough of a Java developer, to find this a little
>> irksome ;) )
>>
>
> It is done in rails. It is done in merb and rails - why not?
> Possibly even:
> "Hi! Hello %".localize % current_user.name
> Instead of (or rather in addition to):
> _("Hi! Hello %") % current_user.name
>

Sure, sure. But I think it should be done to a minimal rather than
maximum extent .. we really need to think this through to avoid
conflicts/ collisions.

For example, extlib (used by DataMapper, DataObjects) adds the #t
method to String for performing translations.

Alex