Juan Pablo L. wrote: > thank you for your answer, the function is declared as: > > FUNCTION wtt_discount_account(IN in_phonenumber varchar(20),IN in_balanceid integer,IN in_chgval numeric(10,2)) > > i chose numeric because is supposed to be better for numbers/money operations, supposed to be exact, > i would not want to loose precision because that is money, is there any other way which does not > involve loosing precision ? thankS!! What you need is to use PG_GETARG_NUMERIC, then, and use a Numeric * variable rather than float8. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general