Re: simple division - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: simple division
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In response to Re: simple division  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: simple division  (Martin Mueller <martinmueller@northwestern.edu>)
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On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 1:38 PM Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> I may be misunderstanding the question but:
Indeed...
> select cast(x/y as numeric(10,4));

Your answer is 2.0 instead of the correct 2.5 - you need to cast
before the division, not after.

David J.


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