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That seems okay until you need to track sub-penny accuracy somewhere, then you have a big problem. Lots of applications don't need that, but a surprising amoun
by CamouflagedKiwi 8y ago
That seems okay until you need to track sub-penny accuracy somewhere, then you have a big problem.
Lots of applications don't need that, but a surprising amount do, so it's not a global solution.
- hakfoo 8y agoBut there's still a minimum significant value which can be defined from the problem space. Do DECIMAL(16,8) or whatever. In some situations, there may even be industry or legal standards as to what can be considered rounding noise.