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http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1063
On Jan 11, 11:35 am, eric.humphrey eric.humph...@gmail.com wrote:
If you're adding a bunch of these up, it would be unneeded overhead.
Those building apps that
If you're adding a bunch of these up, it would be unneeded overhead.
Those building apps that handle financial data or other numerics that
require precision need the decimal data type.
On Dec 5 2008, 7:25 am, Justin justin.drisc...@gmail.com wrote:
Why not store the value as a string in the
Float and Decimal are two different types. Float is used in scientific
calculations, Decimal for accounting/financial applications. Decimal exists
in Python but doesn't seem to be implemented in the Datastore.
Fred
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 14:58, lock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is the
Why not store the value as a string in the datastore and convert it to
a decimal in Python on retrieval? You could use a property on your
model to do it for you.
import decimal
class MyModel(db.Model):
string_amount = db.StringProperty(multiline=False)
def get_amount(self):
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Fred Janon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Datastore doesn't seem to have support for Decimal or did I miss
something? Is there a way (besides the classic /100 *100) to get a
Decimal stored in the Datastore or do I need to follow the Extending
Model Properties