Is there any reason why ROUND doesn't return a double?
Because the IEEE storage format most (all?) computers
use to store floating point numbers is binary based, many
values that can be stored exactly in a base 10 system are
rounded slightly to fit into the binary system. This is
similar to the
> Is there any reason why ROUND doesn't return a double?
Because the IEEE storage format most (all?) computers
use to store floating point numbers is binary based, many
values that can be stored exactly in a base 10 system are
rounded slightly to fit into the binary system. This is
similar to
I received results in the wrong order when using ORDER BY on a column
computed with ROUND, and am interested in knowing if anyone has
encountered a similar problem. I have a solution to my problem at the
bottom of this email, but am not sure it should be necessary. I
appreciate all comments.
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