usage of floating poing arithmetic is a taboo in financial calculations. This what the decimal type has been created for. Never ever use float.
Ciao, Toni
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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