| Subject | Precision in stored procedures |
|---|---|
| Author | Rick Debay |
| Post date | 2012-03-06T17:07:47Z |
If a stored procedure has three variables
DECLARE VARIABLE A NUMERIC(18,3);
DECLARE VARIABLE B NUMERIC(18,3);
DECLARE VARIABLE C DOUBLE PRECISION;
And a function is evaluated with these values
A = B / C;
A = 7.3 / 0.839080459770115
Then the value stored in A will be 8.7 not 8.70000000000119 (a firebird
stored procedure debugger) or 8.6999999999999994041095890410959 (windows
7 calculator), correct?
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DECLARE VARIABLE A NUMERIC(18,3);
DECLARE VARIABLE B NUMERIC(18,3);
DECLARE VARIABLE C DOUBLE PRECISION;
And a function is evaluated with these values
A = B / C;
A = 7.3 / 0.839080459770115
Then the value stored in A will be 8.7 not 8.70000000000119 (a firebird
stored procedure debugger) or 8.6999999999999994041095890410959 (windows
7 calculator), correct?
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