At 20:32 +0200 1/24/03, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
Is it the same in all database servers?
It's in the nature of digital devices to represent continuous values
inaccurately.
Teddy,
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From: "gerald_clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Stefan Hinz, iConnect (Berlin)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MySQL"
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Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: Is it normal?
Any calculation involving a floating point number will be imprecise.
It does not mater what column types are involved.
Octavian Rasnita wrote:
And does anyone know what column type I should use if I want a precise
calculation?
I've even tried with text and blob, but they are not working either.
>Only the int type is precise?
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