| Bug #3612 | impicite rounding of VARCHARS during aritchmetic operations in SELECT | ||
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| Submitted: | 30 Apr 2004 17:34 | Modified: | 11 May 2004 14:32 |
| Reporter: | Evgenij Golkov | ||
| Status: | Closed | ||
| Category: | Server | Severity: | S2 (Serious) |
| Version: | 3.23.47 | OS: | Microsoft Windows (Win2K SP2) |
| Assigned to: | Sergei Golubchik | Target Version: | |
[11 May 2004 14:32]
Sergei Golubchik
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Additional info:
fixed in 4.0.x
Description: Results of arithmetical operations in SELECT statements were be impicitly rounded to one decimal place if VARCHARS used for those operations. It is a really serious problem because of wrong results, and the VARCHARS were be often used for storing values using database systems. How to repeat: It easy to repeat the problem if you use this statement: CREATE my_table1 SELECT value1 + value1 * (value2 / 100) AS newvalue FROM my_table2 If the my_table1.value1 = 121 and my_table1.value2 = 16 (just an example), you will get correct result for my_table2.newvalue (=140.36). But, if you use a VARCHAR for my_table1.value2 ('16' instead of 16), you will get 140.4!