| From: | "Dave Horn" <selurevad(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Crazy Multiplication Issue |
| Date: | 2005-04-01 21:45:34 |
| Message-ID: | GBEKKOPGIBPPGNFNLBBOAEGKDGAA.selurevad@yahoo.com |
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Howdy Gents-
I'm sure I'm having an "oh duh!" moment, but can anyone tell me what is going on here.
I am multiplying two columns it doesn't matter what their data type is not does it seem to matter if I explicitly cast these
values to some other data type every time they are multiplied I am getting an incorrect result.
col1 = 213.1086
col2 = 0.833
If I perform
select col1 * col2, 213.1086 * .833 from tableA
I get the following values
177.519464 and 177.583396
What I am doing wrong!?!??? I need to get the expected 177.583396 value. Thanks for any assistance!
Using 7.2.1 on freeBSD
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