Re: [Firebird-docs] Scale of number and precision on floating data types

Hi Helen, yes i did. Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Helen Borrie [mailto:hele...@iinet.net.au] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. August 2016 09:26 An: Chatter regarding Firebird documentation Betreff: Re: [Firebird-docs] Scale of number and precision on floating data types Hello

Re: [Firebird-docs] Scale of number and precision on floating data types

Hello Martin, Thursday, August 11, 2016, 6:00:52 PM, you wrote: > The wording is OK. I will use it. Did you catch Dmitry's correction? > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Dmitry Yemanov [mailto:firebi...@yandex.ru] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. August 2016 07:19 > An: Chatter regarding

Re: [Firebird-docs] Scale of number and precision on floating data types

The wording is OK. I will use it. Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Dmitry Yemanov [mailto:firebi...@yandex.ru] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. August 2016 07:19 An: Chatter regarding Firebird documentation Betreff: Re: [Firebird-docs] Scale of number and precision on floating data types

Re: [Firebird-docs] Scale of number and precision on floating data types

Hello Dmitry, Thursday, August 11, 2016, 9:42:48 AM, you wrote: > Nope, floating point numbers are stored completely different to the > fixed point numbers. FLOAT is single-precision format which occupies 4 > bytes. DOUBLE is double-precision format which occupies 8 bytes. But > they have no

Re: [Firebird-docs] Scale of number and precision on floating data types

No, that is not how floating point works. The storage is different from integers or bigint, as it is, the text makes no sense at all. Mark - Bericht beantwoorden - Van: "Helen Borrie" Aan: "Chatter regarding Firebird documentation"