They are decimals. On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:36 AM, C <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've not looked at the Satchmo code recently, but are these floats, or > are they decimals? > > If they are floats, there are some significant accuracy issues that > will eventually appear. > > Decimals get around these issues, but are only available with Python > 2.4 and later. > > Thanks, > Chris Dukes > > On May 10, 11:11 am, Bruce Kroeze <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, it is normal. That's because not every store sells items in whole > unit > > increments. What if you had fabric, what would be the unit? With a > float, > > you can have a unit be a yard, and sell smaller increments. > > > > Similarly with a store that sells by the pound. No reason to force > people > > to buy a whole pound. > > > > I'm not sure why you'd want to change the datatype. If you were > insistently > > determined to do so, then it would be a fork. The displayed formatting > is > > done with our "moneyfmt" and decimal rounding templatetags. > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:28 AM, craig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I noticed some fields are stored as floats with six decimal places. > > > Both "Total sold" and "Number in stock" show up as a float with 6 > > > decimal places. > > > > > Is this normal and is it possible to change the formatting of these > > > values without altering the db schema? > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Satchmo users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> > <satchmo-users%[email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Bruce Kroezehttp://www.ecomsmith.com > > It's time to hammer your site into shape. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. > > -- Bruce Kroeze http://www.ecomsmith.com It's time to hammer your site into shape. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en.
