In SQL I am looking at decimal and float. Float says it is an approximation. I need to store percentages. They don’t have to be very large or small. Some examples are
60.2
40
Which data type should I use?
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In SQL I am looking at decimal and float. Float says it is an approximation. I need to store percentages. They don’t have to be very large or small. Some examples are
60.2
40
Which data type should I use?
x is the total number of digits you want to be able to represent
y is the total number of digits after the decimal point that you want to be able to represent