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From	David G. Johnston
Subject	Re: a very primitive question about division
Date	March 7, 2018 23:23:28
Msg-id	CAKFQuwZw9t9g1cC7gbdNom+oU7BNtPn3atQYFFRoAsnGLMa+YA@mail.gmail.com Whole thread Raw
In response to	a very primitive question about division (Martin Mueller <martinmueller@northwestern.edu>)
Responses	Re: a very primitive question about division (Martin Mueller <martinmueller@northwestern.edu>)
List	pgsql-general

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Martin Mueller <martinmueller@northwestern.edu> wrote:

Given two values defined as integers, how do I divide one by the other and get an answer with two decimals, e.g 3 /4 = 0.75.

Case one of them to numeric.

select 3/4::numeric

David J.

From: Martin Mueller
Date: 07 March 2018, 23:21:12
Subject: a very primitive question about division

From: Martin Mueller
Date: 07 March 2018, 23:30:42
Subject: Re: a very primitive question about division