| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | robert(at)webtent(dot)com |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Division |
| Date: | 2005-11-04 17:46:02 |
| Message-ID: | 200511041846.02733.peter_e@gmx.net |
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Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
> I am having a problem gettig a percent via division. Below is the
> first part of my trigger function where pct returns 0.00, instead of
> the expected 0.50. If I try without dimensions to the numeric
> variable, I just get 0. What is the correct way to accomplish the
> percent?
You are dividing an integer by an integer, and if the first integer is 1
then the result is often 0. You need to use numeric for your noreps
variable.
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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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