Scott Muir wrote:
> Can someone suggest the correct way of dealing with the NUMERIC data type
> through JDBC? The attribute in question is a NUMERIC(10,2) (currency)...
> We're thinking of just using a float to handle it... Since this type can be
> much larger than we're using, what should be used in those cases???
Look for some arbitrary precision math library to deal with it. NUMERIC in PostgreSQL is an exact numeric data
type, a strict requirement when dealing with monetary values in bookkeeping systems. A single conversion to
and back from floating point violates this requirement already.
Jan
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