"John Russell" <netnews6_at_johnrussell.mailshell.com> wrote in message news:lfq3jvoludjfv4bvkoa3po9oq7j07kicn9_at_4ax.com...
>
> How about declaring the column to have a lot more precision? I think
> the original post mentioned the column was NUMBER(18,2), which might
> be fine for adding and subtracting currency, but I wouldn't use it for
> recording the paths of subatomic particles in a supercollider.
Heh! If you use Pi=3.141592653589,
that will give you enough precision to calculate
the perimeter of the Moon orbit with less than
a millimeter error. Just in case you need too much
precision...
<g,d&r>
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Nuno Souto
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Received on Thu Aug 07 2003 - 06:29:52 CDT
