Re: strip zeros from fractional part

Round and trunc dont provide the functionality I need.

Say for example I have two values in a column of type numeric as follows:
23.455
12.300

What I need to happen is stripping the "useless" zeros in the
fractional part of numbers so 12.300 would become 12.3 and 23.455
would stay the same

Round and trunc can´t do this without me first checking if the number
can indeed be "rounded" to a number without losing its precise value

On 10/3/05, Mike Nolan <nolan(at)gw(dot)tssi(dot)com> wrote:
> Have you looked at the 'round' and 'trunc' functions?
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I am searching for a function that enables me to strip the trailing
> > zeros in the fractional part of a number (numeric type). For example a
> > number saved in a column of type numeric as such: 23.45000 would be
> > returned as 23.45
> >
> > I can't find any function that does this in the documentation, does
> > something like this exist or do i need to write some custom function
> > myself?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Giovanni Martina
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