MySQL Bugs: #10632: Precision math: CEILING function can return the wrong answer

Bug #10632	Precision math: CEILING function can return the wrong answer
Submitted:	13 May 2005 19:45	Modified:	15 Jun 2005 15:08
Reporter:	Peter Gulutzan	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.0.6-beta-debug	OS:	Linux (SUSE 9.2)
Assigned to:	Alexey Botchkov	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
The manual says:
"CEILING(X) , CEIL(X) 
Returns the smallest integer value not less than X."
But if X has more than one post-decimal digit,
and the first post-decimal digit is 0, the return
is an integer value which is less than X.

See also BUG#8430, which is now closed.

How to repeat:
mysql> select ceil(0.09);
+------------+
| ceil(0.09) |
+------------+
|          0 |
+------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

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