Datatype Problem for negative values

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Hi,

I want to store negative temperature values in the table column.

Ex : -5231563.26xxx

What data types i want to use for storing the above values...?

Posted 21-Sep-11 20:26pm

gani7787

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Mehdi Gholam · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-21T20:29:00

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Use decimal(18,5)

Posted 21-Sep-11 20:29pm

Mehdi Gholam

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gani7787 22-Sep-11 2:32am

What will happen if i use float...?

Mehdi Gholam 22-Sep-11 2:34am

You will get rounding errors, is you need the decimal precision.