> How do you expect to split a dollar 3 ways? Sorry, I should have added more smiles, it was supposed to be a joke about the dollars... ;)
But still, I could win a lot of money by distributing people's money to their three kids and getting 1 cent out of every operation. :D > It is not the math you do that determins whether you use float or > decimal, it is what you are modeling that is important. > Dollars are decimal, and dollar calculations must be rounded to the > nearest cent, or mill. What I tried to say (and probably failed miserably) was something close to what you said about "what is your model" but giving a pratical way of finding out if the data type will fit your model or not. In number theory, a set of operations is what define the model of a number sequence, so at the end, we said exactly the same thing, but in a different way. Glad you completed my observation! ;) cheers, --renato -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
