Re: SQL precision problem

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:13 AM, John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

(p,s)
(A-B) --> (27,4)
(A-B) / B --> (31,0)

Hm. Where did the (27, 4) come from? Was that meant to be (31, 4)?

​From the SQL Manual...assuming I did the math right...at it looks like I
didn't :)
The scale of the result of addition and subtraction is max (s,s'). The
precision is
min(mp,max(p-s,p'-s') +max(s,s')+1).

scale max(4,4) = 4
precision ​min(mp,max(p-s,p'-s') +max(s,s')+1)
== min(31, max(31-4,12-4) + max(4,4) + 1)
== min(31, max(27,8) + 4 + 1
== min(31, 27 + 5)
== min(31, 32)
== 31

Missed the +5 in my OP.

Charles