Adam wrote:

> Hi Mitch,
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>>You are absolutely correct within this context (dates).

<snip>

>>Depends on the implementation, I suppose, but I see nothing at all
> wrong
>>with formatting certain attributes at the server. in fact, I try
> to do
>>it every time that I can, when it is appropriate.
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<snip>

I think it would be ideal if UI behaves identically everywhere and the
server detects the correct format to use for dates, times, numbers etc
both in and outbound.

Maybe not currencies because exchange rates come into play and in any
case you may wish to present money data as is. I can see value in
presenting commas and dots the right way for the user but not the
currency symbol.

Is there scope for standardising a region indicator so the UI can
specify it when making a request?

If it was something new it needn't break existing software but should be
popular for new work.

Would require a tweak to the engine to recognise a standard regional
indicator and if so, call out to a function to translate the info to and
from the internal data storage.

Maybe it already exists? I'm new to Firebird.

Mike

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