I'm trying to multiply numbers one of which is money. The money looks like this:

SELECT price FROM titles;

| price  |
+--------+
| $20.00 |
| $19.99 |
| $7.99  |
| $19.99 |
| $11.95 |
| $19.99 |
| $14.99 |
| $11.95 |
| $22.95 |
| $2.99  |
| $10.95 |
| $7.00  |
| $2.99  |
| $20.95 |
| NULL   |
| $19.99 |
| $21.59 |
| NULL   |
+--------+
18 rows in set (0.01 sec)

When I use SELECT title_id, ytd_sales * price From titles;

I get:
| title_id | ytd_sales | price * ytd_sales |
+----------+-----------+-------------------+
| PC8888   |      4095 |                 0 |
| BU1032   |      4095 |                 0 |
| PS7777   |      3336 |                 0 |
| PS3333   |      4072 |                 0 |
| BU1111   |      3876 |                 0 |
| MC2222   |      2032 |                 0 |
| TC7777   |      4095 |                 0 |
| TC4203   |     15096 |                 0 |
| PC1035   |      8780 |                 0 |
| BU2075   |     18722 |                 0 |
| PS2091   |      2045 |                 0 |
| PS2106   |       111 |                 0 |
| MC3021   |     22246 |                 0 |
| TC3218   |       375 |                 0 |
| MC3026   |      NULL |              NULL |
| BU7832   |      4095 |                 0 |
| PS1372   |       375 |                 0 |
| PC9999   |      NULL |              NULL |
+----------+-----------+-------------------+
18 rows in set (0.04 sec)

It appears that mysys 4.1 does not know how to multiply a dollar amount to another number. Has anyone else seen this problem?

Karl


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