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 Math not showing all numbers after the decimal

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dprichard
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94 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-31 : 15:55:07
I have a query and it pulls in the results of 652,174 / 5,000,000 as .1304 when it is actually .1304348. How can I force it to show the additional numbers. For my reports to be accurate it has to show the full .1304348.

Thanks for any help in advance.

jdaman
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

354 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-31 : 16:05:52
SELECT CAST(652174 AS FLOAT) / 5000000
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dprichard
Yak Posting Veteran

94 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-31 : 16:15:35
Awesome... I was actually just reading about float when your email came in. That worked perfectly. Thank you so much for the quick answer!!!
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madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2008-02-01 : 10:41:05
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SELECT 652174.0 / 5000000

Madhivanan

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