Bug #61329 manual conains a bad paragraph on decimal/numeric precision
Submitted: 27 May 2011 15:17 Modified: 31 May 2011 18:55
Reporter: Stephen Dewey Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.1 and maybe others OS:Any
Assigned to: Paul DuBois CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: decimal, documentation, numeric, precision

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