On 26-3-2015 09:26, liviuslivius liviusliv...@poczta.onet.pl
[firebird-support] wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> i know this kind of cast
> SELECT CAST('1.23' AS NUMERIC(10, 2)) FROM RDB$DATABASE
> but what are the rules for this (numeric without parenthesis)
> [1]
> SELECT CAST('1.23' AS NUMERIC) FROM RDB$DATA
On 26/03/2015 12:35, Svein Erling Tysvær
svein.erling.tysv...@kreftregisteret.no [firebird-support] wrote:
Here, I find that
SELECT CAST(123456789.12345678 as decimal) FROM RDB$DATABASE
succeeds, whereas
SELECT CAST(123456789.123456789 as decimal) FROM RDB$DATABASE
fails. I don't know why.
>then why here is an error?
>
>SELECT CAST('123456789.23' as numeric) FROM RDB$DATABASE
Logically speaking I don't understand why
SELECT CAST('123456789.23' as numeric(9,0)) FROM RDB$DATABASE
is failing when
SELECT CAST('1.23' as numeric(1,0)) FROM RDB$DATABASE
succeeds.
Practically, I guess
ged till 2147483647,
so this should work
SELECT CAST('-2147483648' as numeric) FROM RDB$DATABASE
SELECT CAST('-2147483648' as numeric(9,0)) FROM RDB$DATABASE
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From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:05:17 +0100
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From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:05:17 +0100
Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Cast as Numeric without parenthesis
I would expect numbers in the range -2147483648 to +2147483647 to be
accepted (the size
I would expect numbers in the range -2147483648 to +2147483647 to be accepted
(the size of an integer), and then there’s a separate field for storing whether
things are shifted to the left or right. I’ve no experience or theoretical
knowledge confirming this, but your examples would fit such a d
