Re: Simple math statement - problem

[Ow Mun Heng <Ow(dot)Mun(dot)Heng(at)wdc(dot)com>]

On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 21:22 -0800, Postgres User wrote:
> I have a large function that's doing a number of calcs.  The final
> return value is wrong for a simple reason:  any division statement
> where the numerator is less than the denominator is returning a zero.
> 
> Each of these statements return a 0, even when properly cast:
> 
> select 1/100
> select Cast(1 / 100 As decimal)
> select Cast(1 / 100 As numeric(6,2))
> 
> How can I write statements that returns a decimal?
> 
select (1::numeric/100::numeric)

same as if you do a 1.0/100.0 

> 
> The problem doesn't appear to be that Postgres won't return decimal
> values, as these statements return the correct value:
> 
> select .01
> select Cast(.01 As decimal)
> 
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