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Re: another believe or not... -0 (negative zero)

From: Billy Verreynne <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 12:25:04 +0200
Message-ID: <80e5jf$qrk$1@ctb-nnrp1.saix.net> 





Steve Perry wrote in message <807tba$mtj$1_at_nntp2.atl.mindspring.net>...



<lots snipped>


>I assume Oracle protected the integrity of the data, so I'm confused.





Weird, but even so does it matter? Negative zero or positive zero does not
influence a sum.



Come to think of it, is zero actually positive as:
-0 = +0



This means I would think that zero is neither positive or negative.



:-)


Billy



Received on Thu Nov 11 1999 - 04:25:04 CST












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