Question

Using a decimal (I have tried variations of it) 0.5 is always converted to 5.

I can store 1.5, etc, no problem… Just curious on how I need to set up my data type to correctly store a ‘0.5’ number.

Thanks

EDIT:

The current data type is Decimal (3,1). I have tried float as well.

I simply retreive the number through $_POST from a Form text box which is restricted to numbers only through Java. I never considered that maybe the browser is simply sending it as a 5, I don’t know.

EDIT 2: I have confirmed through echo that the 0.5 is sent fine, it’s once it gets into the database that it becomes 5

Answer 1

You know, I might get voted down for this, but I’ve always had success (as a sort of hack) in storing values like this as a VARCHAR and then using format() function in PHP when I need to make calculations. MySQL still seems to parse it well enough for SQL functions as well. Just my 2 cents 🙂