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List:       kexi
Subject:    Re: [Kexi] decimal places
From:       wayne <iw () ukulele ! com>
Date:       2007-01-07 20:19:07
Message-ID: 200701071019.07381.iw () ukulele ! com
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On Sunday 07 January 2007 5:55 am, Jarosław Staniek wrote:

> On Thursday 04 January 2007 23:47, wayne wrote:
> > How does one format the number of decimal places that is displayed in
> > a floating point field in a form? I can't find where to configure
> > that.
>
> Wayne,
> Unlike in table view, form input fields have no "visible decimal places"
> implemented yet. I will try to add this for 1.1.2.
> Current behaviout is that if you enter an integer value, no decimal
> separator and zeros will be displayed (while for table view it can be
> set up to display trailing zeros).

I'm entering currency into Kexi so I need 2 decimal places.

> > Also, how does one determine if a floating point number is single or
> > double precision when using the "ksqlite_add_column" script? It can't
> > be changed once it's created.
>
> The default subtype of the floating-point type is double precision. I'd
> suggest to always keep this (for current hardware it's not a problem I
> guess). Then you'll get good precision like 12.4 is just stored and
> displayed 12.4 and not as 12.3999996185303 (the case for
> single-precision subtype).

When I added a new column, it automatically chose single precision. I will 
delete it and try again.

Thanks,
Wayne
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