On 2009-10-08, Mike Christensen <mike(at)kitchenpc(dot)com> wrote:
> (Sorry for the super-easy question)
>
> I want to store sales tax (as a percent) in the DB, such as 9.5%.
> What's the best data type for this?
real, or numeric, probably numeric.
> I'm guessing numeric(2,3) should be fine, yes?
depends on the range of values you want to store.
generally percentages are most usefully represented as decimal fractions
especially if you intend to do arithmetic with them.
numeric reccomended useful for financial stuff.