In my db table I have a field float where I store cost of a project if I insert cost 4559006 is saved like 4.55901e+006 and when I perform mathematics operation on it it produces errors.
How could I fix it?
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In my db table I have a field float where I store cost of a project if I insert cost 4559006 is saved like 4.55901e+006 and when I perform mathematics operation on it it produces errors.
How could I fix it?
Floating point types are not suitable for precise calculations
Use
decimal(15,2)15 is the number of significant digits including scale 2. You can increase that up to 65 if needed.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/fixed-point-types.html