Hmm, very interesting. So are you saying that I should never use floats (if so why are the even a data type)? I've used them in SQL server DBs in the past and never had this problem, is this just down to MySQL?
Cheers >> I have recently found a bizarre situation where numbers are not >calculating correctly when the values are stored in FLOAT data types. > >This is not just a database-related issue - it's found in computer >systems in general. > >Floating point numbers are by definition approximations. This often >surprises people. As you suggested, the DECIMAL type is provided by >many DBMS to get around exactly this problem. DECIMAL numbers are not >approximations. They take up much more space to represent very large >or very small numbers and aren't directly supported in hardware, so >they are less efficient. > >Nick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:240851 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
