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Dear Experts,<br />
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I have an SQL 2005 table that contains two fields of datatype INT and one field of datatype REAL. They contain normal numbers. When I multiply all three and the REAL field contains a simple fracion, I get the results you see in the attached image*<br />
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Why is this??<br />
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Kind regards,<br />
Keimpe<br />
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* screenshot is from an Access query in a database containing linked SQL tables. However, an SQL View gives the same results.<br />
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Dear Experts,

I have an SQL 2005 table that contains two fields of datatype INT and one field of datatype REAL. They contain normal numbers. When I multiply all three and the REAL field contains a simple fracion, I get the results you see in the attached image*

Why is this??

Kind regards,
Keimpe

* screenshot is from an Access query in a database containing linked SQL tables. However, an SQL View gives the same results.

Thanks for your answers. I was never aware of this!

Simple multiplication in query gives weird numbers

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.