Hi All,

Following on from the initial thread:

Select Cast(AVG(Col_1) as Float) returns:
5.985... if Col_1 is a Float
5 if Col_1 is a SmallInt (or Integer),
5.9 if Col_1 is Decimal(4,1)
5.98 if Col_1 is Decimal(4,2)
5.985 if Col_1 is Decimal(4,3) etc

Therefore it would seem that Firebird (1.5.2) computes the Average
based on the underlying field type and truncates (rather than
rounds) the result to match it.
This is a 'caveat' for those using the FB aggregate AVG function. I
would have hoped that FB would have returned 6, rather than 5, for
the initial Col_1 field type of SmallInt (as I am not interested in
the first decimal place - which is why I declared the field as
SmallInt in the first place).
Has this been considered for FB 2.0?

Regards,