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Subject: Re: [Kexi] decimal places
From: wayne <iw () ukulele ! com>
Date: 2007-01-08 17:00:15
Message-ID: 200701080700.15976.iw () ukulele ! com
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On Monday 08 January 2007 1:59 am, Jarosław Staniek wrote:
> wayne said the following, On 2007-01-07 21:19:
> >> 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.
>
> I can add an 'set number of decimal places' option to ksqlite_add_column
> tool. But I need to fix displaying fixed decimal in forms.
> Is this enough?
Yes, that's fine. Thank you.
> >>> 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.
>
> That's weird, as _you_ explicitely provide the column's type. For
> example, to add a 'price' column of double precision to 'cars' table,
> type:
>
> ./ksqlite_add_column db.kexi cars price Double
My mistake. I did not see the "Double" option.
Wayne
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