Alec
Exact matches on float values are notoriously unreliable - the problem with
the math is that it can often turn out the value at something like :-
123.539999999999999999999999999999999999999
which won't produce an equality match.
For this you would probably better use a DECIMAL field.
Andy
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From: "Alec Solway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 6:51 PM
Subject: Limiting to specific field value of type float
> Hi,
>
> I'm having some trouble with the following:
>
> I have a sample table that has one record where price == 123.54, however
>
> select * from gpl where price=123.54
>
> returns an empty set. If I set price to an integer value that's also in
the
> table, it works. e.g.
>
> select * from gpl where price=500
>
> returns the proper results. price is a column of type float.
>
> TIA.
> Alec Solway
>
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