RE: mysql v5 math a bit out. How do I round the info to become correct

2006-12-14 Thread Kerry Frater
Thanks for the reference Jay. Most helpful. Kerry -Original Message- From: Jay Pipes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 December 2006 20:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: mysql v5 math a bit out. How do I round the info to become correct For exact

Re: mysql v5 math a bit out. How do I round the info to become correct

2006-12-14 Thread Jay Pipes
For exact calculations, you need to use the DECIMAL data type. See this section in the manual for the reasons why: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/precision-math-examples.html Cheers, Jay Kerry Frater wrote: > I am running a small procedure for set jobs that calculates a running total >