On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:20:01 -0400, Jerry Sievers wrote:
Condor <con...@stz-bg.com> writes:

Hello ppl,
for few years I have problem when update double precision field. I
have table and few double precision columns, here is example:

sumall double precision,
sumin double precision,

My php script do:

$get = 2.40

and sql code is:

UPDATE table1 SET sumall = sumall + $get WHERE id = 1 AND rd =
CURRENT_DATE;


When I browse the table some times i see incorrect values like:

955.599999999998

it's should be 955.60 after these updates ... some days is fine, some
days the value is incorrect.

I have this problem from version 7 of postgresql, Im now use 9.0.3

Anyone know what can be the problem and why some times records is
fine, some times isnt ?

That floating point data types are inexact is a well known problem
with them and not Postgres specific.

Consider switching those fields to type NUMERIC.

HTH


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Jerry Sievers
Postgres DBA/Development Consulting
e: postgres.consult...@comcast.net
p: 305.321.1144

Thank you, today I see all 3 rows is normal, but when I do select sum(sumall) I got 73.3000000001 as result.
Any way how I can convert field in numeric without to lose data ?

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Regards,
Condor

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