Re: numeric data type?

OK. Thanks for clarification.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug McNaught" <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: "Zlatko Matić" <zlatko(dot)matic1(at)sb(dot)t-com(dot)hr>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>; "Tony Caduto"
<tony(dot)caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] numeric data type?

Zlatko Matić <zlatko(dot)matic1(at)sb(dot)t-com(dot)hr> writes:

> So, it seems that numeric without parameters (precision, scale) behave
> similar to float, but is much exact. Am I right or I missunderstood?

Right. It's also considerably slower, since floating point
calculations can use the hardware. Unless you're doing a huge number
of computations this may not be an issue.

-Doug

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