Re: [GENERAL] Real type with zero

2011-06-29 Thread David Johnston
-Original Message- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of David Johnston Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:51 AM To: 'Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz'; con...@stz-bg.com Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Real

Re: [GENERAL] Real type with zero

2011-06-29 Thread Scott Ribe
On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:50 AM, David Johnston wrote: > Aside from storing the "true" precision in a separate integer field what > solution is there is this situation. I think the only other way would be a custom data type encapsulating those 2 bits of info. Which might be the best solution, since

Re: [GENERAL] Real type with zero

2011-06-29 Thread David Johnston
-Original Message- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Grzegorz Jaskiewicz Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 7:44 AM To: con...@stz-bg.com Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Real type with zero what you

Re: [GENERAL] Real type with zero

2011-06-29 Thread Craig Ringer
On 29/06/2011 7:24 PM, Condor wrote: Hello, how I can tell my postgresql to store last zero of real type ? I put value 2.30 and when I select that column i see 2.3 without zero. The real data type is an IEEE 754 floating point number. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point http://st

Re: [GENERAL] Real type with zero

2011-06-29 Thread Radoslaw Smogura
24 To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: [GENERAL] Real type with zero Hello, how I can tell my postgresql to store last zero of real type ? I put value 2.30 and when I select that column i see 2.3 without zero. -- Regards, Condor -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresq

Re: [GENERAL] Real type with zero

2011-06-29 Thread Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz
what you probably looking for is formatting the output into a string. Postgresql will store it as 2.3, because that is what 2.30 is anyway. Its up to you to format it before passing it on to the user/business logic/whatever. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To

[GENERAL] Real type with zero

2011-06-29 Thread Condor
Hello, how I can tell my postgresql to store last zero of real type ? I put value 2.30 and when I select that column i see 2.3 without zero. -- Regards, Condor -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org