Re: IEEE 754

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От
Toni Schlichting
Тема
Re: IEEE 754
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3FF2F414.1070608@schlichting.net
Ответ на
IEEE 754 (Sai Hertz And Control Systems)
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IEEE 754 Sai Hertz And Control Systems <sank89@sancharnet.in>
Re: [HACKERS] IEEE 754 Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
Re: IEEE 754 Toni Schlichting <toni@schlichting.net>
Re: [HACKERS] IEEE 754 Michael Glaesemann <grzm@myrealbox.com>
Re: [HACKERS] IEEE 754 Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] IEEE 754 Michael Glaesemann <grzm@myrealbox.com>
Re: [HACKERS] IEEE 754 Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
Re: [HACKERS] IEEE 754 Sai Hertz And Control Systems <sank89@sancharnet.in>
Re: [HACKERS] IEEE 754 Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
Re: [HACKERS] IEEE 754 Sai Hertz And Control Systems <sank89@sancharnet.in>
Re: [HACKERS] IEEE 754 Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
Re: IEEE 754 William Yu <wyu@talisys.com>
Hi Vishal,

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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