On 9/8/05, Dennis Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The point being that if I sum up the rows using "sum()", I could get one > answer. However, if I iterate the cursor in a stored procedure and > manually sum them up using " accum += value" I would get a different > answer. The math is inconsistant (in postgresql anyway). I actaully > did not test sqlite :). I was just posting this to bring up the point > about consistnecy. I'll let those with more knowledge than me hash it > out. (no pun there).
Depends on if you start with accum = 0; If you don't it throws an exception, if you do, then you get zero (for an empty set). That's the crux of the difference in philosophies. -- --- The Castles of Dereth Calendar: a tour of the art and architecture of Asheron's Call http://www.lulu.com/content/77264
