All,
I found the problem. I see
at postrges.org that in 7.4.3
the "money" data type is
no longer being used ( deprecated ).
I'll replace it with am decimal instead.
thanks,
Terry
Terry Hampton wrote:
>
>
>
> Everyone,
>
> Just ran across an odd situation.
> I have defined a field:
>
> amount | money | not null default ''
>
> Works fine until the dollar amounts get
> very large - into the tens of millions.
> At that point, the actual amount stored
> becomes very unpredictable.
>
> I just saved a record via a simple
> front end App. I entered 56,000,000
> When I retrieved the record i got:
> $13,050,327.04 !!
>
> Any thoughts ?
>
> ENVIRONMENT:
> Linux 2.4.20-20.7smp
> psql (PostgreSQL) 7.2.3
>
> Thank you,
> Terry
>
>
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Terry L. Hampton
Project Manager
LimaCorp, LLC www.limacorp.com
513.587.1874
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Terry L. Hampton
Project Manager
LimaCorp, LLC www.limacorp.com
513.587.1874
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