Hengky Lie wrote:
> Dear friends,
Hello. Quick tip - don't reply to another message when starting a new
thread, people will assume it's part of the old thread.
[snip most of query]
> / 100::numeric *
> Food";3960.0000;*4200.000000000000000000000000*;*240.000000000000000000000000*
> Why the calculation result has so many decimals ?
Because you've cast 100 to numeric, rather than numeric(10,2) or
whatever. This means you get the full accuracy on the calculation - it
won't ever trim a numeric (that's the whole reason to have the type).
-- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd