On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Mike Christensen <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (Sorry for the super-easy question) > > I want to store sales tax (as a percent) in the DB, such as 9.5%. > What's the best data type for this? I'm guessing numeric(2,3) should > be fine, yes? I'm not too familiar with the numeric type (I was using > "real" before), but as I understand the data will be stored using the > necessary number of bits on the disk? Thanks! numeric(2,3) is not possible :-). IMO, a percentage should be stored numeric(6,3) or so. That gives up to 100% down to thousandth of a percent. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
