Re: Precision when substracting two values with SQL

I think you meant:

select 0.2:: numeric(12,2) - 0.21::numeric(12,2);

If you are not conviced try:

select (0.2-0.21)::numeric(40,20);


Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 04:57:32PM -0300, Juancho wrote:
> >
> > ciudadela=# select 0.2-0.21;
> >        ?column?
> > ----------------------
> >  -0.00999999999999998
> > (1 row)
> >
> >       I was hoping -0.01,
>
> Try
>
> select (0.2-0.21)::numeric(12,2);
>
> A
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