Yes the default is too small if precision is an issue. But at least you have
control over it.
Vince Clark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Gray" <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com>
To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:41:58 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: JUEL rounding issues
That is one solution but it would be nice to fix JUEL. By the way I
just had quick look at the calculate method and if you don't set a
decimal-scale then 2 is used which seems a bit of a worry as well.
Regards
Scott
On 10/09/2009, at 7:34 PM, Vince Clark wrote:
> I don't know much about UEL but did run into a rounding issue.
>
> I chose to instead use <calculate> so I could control precision.
>
> Vince Clark
> www.globalera.com
> vcl...@globalera.com
> (303) 493-6723 office
> (303) 523-4843 cell
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Gray" <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com>
> To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:27:08 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada
> Mountain
> Subject: JUEL rounding issues
>
> Out of curiosity today I ran a couple of simple tests using JUEL's
> numeric expressions and the results are a bit worrying, here's some
> example code:
> <set field="value1" value="0.0001" type="BigDecimal"/>
> <set field="value2" value="10" type="BigDecimal"/>
> <set field="resultValue" value="${value1 / value2}"
> type="BigDecimal"/>
> <log level="always" message="${resultValue}"></log>
>
> and here are some example results:
> 0.0001 / 10 = 0
> 10 / 3 = 3
> 10.89879 + 6.8978336 = 17.797
> 10.89879 * 6.8978336 = 75.178
> 10 - 2.5001 = 7.5
>
> I don't have time right this minute to fix it so just reporting here
> so people are aware. Adrian, I'm not asking you to fix it but if you
> have any pointers or suggestions they'd be most welcome.
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
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