SS> I have several points against this idea: You opinion is welcome :)
SS> 1. Decimal or Numeric is used for to keep exact accuracy. SS> If you don't need this accuracy use float point data types. You didn't get the point. There is no loss of accuracy. The data types will continue working as is. Remember, as I said, today you already have to cast if you want to make the formula work, so, you are already "loosing" digits. SS> 2. System that will produce unpredictable results in math is really hard SS> to use. SS> Some numbers will rounded, truncated or modified. SS> There will lot of risk in financial calculation because real result SS> will depend SS> on server config. What risks? As I said, currently formulas will keep working in the exact same way. About server config, personally, I think that parameter is not needed. SS> From my point of view, this auto casting will generate more problems SS> than helps. Do you have a better solution for the proposed problem? []s Carlos http://www.firebirdnews.org FireBase - http://www.FireBase.com.br ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741911&iu=/4140 Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
