RE: interesting floating point problem with oracle

From: Thomas, Kevin <Kevin.Thomas_at_calanais.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:59:45 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00397E87.20010925082024@fatcity.com>

Hmm, I get 1!

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Sent: 25 September 2001 16:35
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

ran across something interesting on metalink.

from
Doc ID: Note:1012478.7

Problem Description

Doing floating point arithmetic involving multiplication and division causes unpredictable results. For example, if you issue the following select statement from a SQL*Plus session, the result would be "~" which is incorrect.

select 62.323/62.323 from dual;

Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams_at_appl.ge.com "Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi."

Larry Wall (creator of Perl)

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