Re: cast int to float

Sheila,

> I'm creating a new database-item by dividing two existing items. When
> these
> items are initially declared as float, there is no problem. On the
> other
> hand, when they are declared as int initially and later converted to
> float,
> I get the error: float8div: divide by zero error. Maybe I didn't do
> the
> casting right. This is what I did:

Can you show what values you are using? When I see a "divide by zero"
error, my first thought is that you are trying to divide by zero.

-Josh

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