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sqlite3 Float issue
Reported by Don Wilson | January 5th, 2011 @ 04:27 PM
I'm submitting this for help collaborating on what should be done, if anything.
Example of the issue
Here, I am summing -40.25, 100, and -34.59 in the database:
irb(main):001:0> my_envelope.bank_transactions.sum(:amount)
=> #<BigDecimal:1011be570,'0.2515999999 9999997E2',27(27)>
The sqlite3 methods for retrieving this data from the row
returns a double. This means that we're dealing with
normal Float precision issues from the moment it comes
out of the database. Then, since the column type is decimal, rails
converts the number from Float to
BigDecimal. Before Ruby 1.9, Ruby would have rounded
this number to 25.16 and then we would see the correct number in
the BigDecimal.
My issue with this is that I think we can assume that people should know about precision problems with a Float, but when Rails hands them a BigDecimal, I think they should be confident that it represents the actual number.
What do we do?
Would it be a good idea to round these numbers for the user
before we send it to them as a BigDecimal? We could even just call
BigDecimal.round(12) to round to the 12th decimal
place or something. Any thoughts?
Comments and changes to this ticket
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Don Wilson January 5th, 2011 @ 04:29 PM
- Title changed from “sqlite3-ruby Float issue” to “sqlite3 Float issue”
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rails April 9th, 2011 @ 01:00 AM
- State changed from “new” to “open”
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