urgent problem with mysql and phpmyadmin

2002-02-21 Thread Victoria Reznichenko

Andrew,

Thursday, February 21, 2002, 3:31:16 AM, you wrote:

AB I have created a table in the mysql db, using phpmyadmin with the following
AB statement:

AB create table books
AB ( isbn char(13) not null,author char(30),title(60),price float(4,2),primary
AB key(isbn));

AB which works fine and creates the table i need the problem comes when i try
AB to insert some values into the price column using the phpmyadmin form, if
AB for example i try to enter the price 34.99 it will only allow me to enter
AB 34.9, and then when i go to the browse feature it shows the value as 34.90
AB any ideas on what's going wrong???

I have tested it and it worked fine.
What version of MySQL do you use?

AB any help would be much apprecited.
AB thanks




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urgent problem with mysql and phpmyadmin

2002-02-20 Thread Andrew Bunkell

I have created a table in the mysql db, using phpmyadmin with the following
statement:

create table books
( isbn char(13) not null,author char(30),title(60),price float(4,2),primary
key(isbn));

which works fine and creates the table i need the problem comes when i try
to insert some values into the price column using the phpmyadmin form, if
for example i try to enter the price 34.99 it will only allow me to enter
34.9, and then when i go to the browse feature it shows the value as 34.90
any ideas on what's going wrong???
any help would be much apprecited.
thanks


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RE: urgent problem with mysql and phpmyadmin

2002-02-20 Thread David McInnis

My guess. . . 

I have seen this problem with other databases . . . don't know if it is
true for MySQL as well.  Try to change to your field definition to
float(5,2) as it may be counting the (.) as part of your field size.

So if you number is xx.xx you will need 5,2.  4,2 would give you xx.x

David McInnis



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Subject: urgent problem with mysql and phpmyadmin

I have created a table in the mysql db, using phpmyadmin with the
following
statement:

create table books
( isbn char(13) not null,author char(30),title(60),price
float(4,2),primary
key(isbn));

which works fine and creates the table i need the problem comes when i
try
to insert some values into the price column using the phpmyadmin form,
if
for example i try to enter the price 34.99 it will only allow me to
enter
34.9, and then when i go to the browse feature it shows the value as
34.90
any ideas on what's going wrong???
any help would be much apprecited.
thanks


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