Re: IEEE 754

Hi Vishal,

usage of floating poing arithmetic is a taboo in financial calculations.
This what the decimal type has been created for. Never ever use float.

Ciao, Toni

Sai Hertz And Control Systems wrote:

> Dear all ,
>
> I would like to share my concerns about the IEEE 754 specification and
> floating point handling by PostgreSQL .
>
> Also I would like to learn how professional users of PostgreSQL work
> with rounding of monetary terms .
>
> If you would like to know whats IEEE 754 read this
> http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html
>
>
> Regards,
> Vishal Kashyap.
>
>
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