Add example of MONEY casting to numeric if locale is known.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index e8f56ace1d702b808210740a3284932d4bb9f613..9fd2b002bb4400e427e60a74704730af28278966 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -848,8 +848,14 @@ ALTER SEQUENCE <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>_<replaceab
 <programlisting>
 SELECT 1234::text::money;
 </programlisting>
-    There is no simple way of doing the reverse using a locale-neutral
-    method, namely casting a <type>money</type> value to a numeric type.
+    There is no simple way of doing the reverse in a locale-independent
+    manner, namely casting a <type>money</type> value to a numeric type.
+    If you know the currency symbol and thousands separator you can use
+    <function>regexp_replace()</>:
+<programlisting>
+SELECT regexp_replace('52093.89'::money::text, '[$,]', '', 'g')::numeric;
+</programlisting>
+
    </para>
 
    <para>