On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Anthony Best wrote:

> I've noticed that the SUM() seems to overflow under some situations.
>
> The only difference is the order that the data is retrived from the
> database.

Is amount a float type column (float4 or float8)? If so, you're probably
just running into issues with float precision problems.  Changing the
order of the operations can change the final value of a sequence of
operations on float.


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