| From: | "S(dot) Asif Hassan" <asif(at)petstore(dot)com> |
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| To: | JT Kirkpatrick <jt-kirkpatrick(at)mpsllc(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "'pgsql-interfaces(at)hub(dot)org'" <pgsql-interfaces(at)hub(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: |
| Date: | 1999-07-01 21:51:43 |
| Message-ID: | 377BE2EF.4A5EA349@petstore.com |
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I ended up changing the data types to float8...
Why the warning against using float4?
Will I encounter problems using float8?
-asif.
JT Kirkpatrick wrote:
> >Subject: bug: Access sees money types incorrectly
>
> it's the odbc -- it doesn't recognize the money type. i have had to use
> int4, storing all entries *100 (i.e. 35.99 as 3599), and then on reports be
> sure to divide by 100. DON'T use float4!! in postgres6.5 i understand the
> newer numeric type is available, but i don't know if the odbc can use it
> yet. . .
>
> jt
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