Re: IEEE 754

From: William Yu <wyu(at)talisys(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: IEEE 754
Date: 2003-12-29 22:36:19
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The answer is simple. Don't use floating point for money.

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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