On 9/28/07, Stefan Schwarzer <stefan.schwarzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, > > how can I avoid results like this: 9.50184e+06 > > Instead it should return the "real" value, as 950184. The type 'real' in postgresql comes from the mathematical definition of real, numbers that can be expressed as a fraction, or rational numbers. In a practical sense, it is an alias for the binary floating point type iirc. In your case, it looks like you should be using the integer or the numeric type. merlin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly