Re: [SQL] Decimal precsion?

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jan Wieck <wieck(at)debis(dot)com>
Cc: zot(at)zotconsulting(dot)com, pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, jwieck(at)debis(dot)com
Subject: Re: [SQL] Decimal precsion?
Date: 1999-10-31 13:18:31
Message-ID: 199910311318.IAA29940@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > However, the original message had DECIMAL(4,4) and he could insert 0.1,
> > but not 0.0.
>
> The rounding is of course correct. Rounding 0.1234567 first
> to 0.123457 and then cutting of to 0.1234 is finally cutting,
> not rounding, and totally braindead. You only have to look at
> the digit after the last significant one. In this case we
> have 4 significant digits, so we must look at digit 5,
> nothing else. Thus 0.1234500 is 0.1235 while 0.1234499 is
> 0.1234 - end of story.
>
> The other one, not beeing able to insert 0.0, is surely a
> bug. Would you please put it onto the TODO?

Done:

* insert of 0.0 into DECIMAL(4,4) field fails

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