Re: interesting floating point problem with oracle

In which version of Oracle srvr???
I'm running 8.1.7v3/Linux and get 1 as result.

JP

On Tue 25. September 2001 17:35, you wrote:
> 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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