Re: Floating Decimal Package/Library?

["Dann Corbit" <dcorbit@connx.com>]

"Robert Wessel" <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bea2590e.0207121458.1bf92f6d@posting.google.com...
> "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
news:<3D2F0FAB.3000108@cogeco.ca>...
> > Since the PostgreSQL group have expressed no
> > interest in supporting floating decimal
> > routines for the client, I wonder if anyone
> > in these groups know of an Ada package (preferred),
> > or C/C++ library that supports arbitrary
> > prcecision floating decimal values. I could
> > hack the PostgreSQL back end C routines, but
> > this may not be practical.
> >
> > The GNU GMP library comes close, but its
> > floating support library uses binary
> > arithmetic (this is a no-no for financial
> > work). I've suggested that they augment GMP
> > with this support, but I'm not sure what
> > response I'll get to the request.
> >
> > I am looking for a PD/GPL/Open Sourced work.
>
> You may be able to find something from here:
>
> http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/
>
> The decNumber package looks like it might meet your requirements,
> although I don't know how it's licensed:
>
> http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/decNumber

The numeric type of PostgreSQL supports thousands of digits and is decimal
rather than binary.
http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?datatype.html#DATATYPE-NUMERIC

Have you tried news:mailing.database.postgresql-novice
?

I think you must have never bothered to read the documentation.

In case that still does not do it for you, there are bazillions of arbitrary
precision packages around.  A web search or a gander at the C faq will
reveal a boatload of them.
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