That's the plan then. Thanks.

Dennis Cote wrote:
> 
> jonwood wrote:
>> I've done very little programming related to currency (dollars, etc.) and
>> I'm
>> wondering if I need to worry about rounding errors. Since SQLite doesn't
>> appear to have a currency type, I had planned on using REAL instead. But
>> I
>> have a lot of reports to print out and I could see rounding errors with
>> REAL.
>> 
>> Another alternative would be to use an INTEGER to store the number of
>> pennies. But I don't really know how much of an issue this is and I'd
>> appreciate any comments from anyone who has dealt with it.
>> 
> 
> You are almost certainly better off using an integer data type for 
> currency calculations. If not you will end up with small, but disturbing 
> errors in your reports.
> 
> HTH
> Dennis Cote
> 
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