rounding problems

[Justin <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have very annoying problem that i would like to get a work around  in 
place so the data entry people stop trying to kill me.

Normally people give quotes out of the price book which was done in 
Excel like 15 years ago and just has been updated over the years.  the 
problem is excel is rounding differently than postgres 8.3.1 (Yes i know 
Excel rounds incorrectly) which results in normally being pennies off 
but on large qty its usually under a few bucks on the postgresql side.   
We internally don't  care but those annoying customers scream bloody 
murder if the quote don't agree to the penny on the invoice  Even when 
its to their benefit .  

Has anyone every got  Postgresql and Excel to agree on rounding. 

I have checked excel up to Office XP and its still wrong.  (open office 
was looked out and the people  screamed really loudly NO )

Another annoying thing is the calculators on everyones desk get it wrong 
to if the rounding is turned to 2 places.  

Although my TI-89, and TI-36X calculators agree perfectly with 
postgresql .