Re: How to trim values?

jkakar(at)expressus(dot)com wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to figure out how to take a value like 3.68009074974387
>(that is calculated from values in my database) and have PostgreSQL
>hand me 3.68. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

cast it to numeric(x,2)

(where x is the total number of digits, and 2 is two decimal places).

template1=# select 3.68009074974387::numeric(3,2);
?column?
----------
3.68
(1 row)

or use round(value,2)

template1=# select round(3.68009074974387, 2);
round
-------
3.68
(1 row)

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