recovery

[Derek Atkins]

Michael Vrable <vrable at cs.hmc.edu> writes:

>      SELECT * from Split where Split.amount_num * 3 = Split.amount_denom * 1;

What size integers will it use internally?  Will it deal with a 64-bit
number multiplied by a 64-bit number?  But yes, this is certainly one
way to beat the rounding problem (and indeed it's what gnucash does
internally with some special "128-bit" math routines.

Thanks,

> --Michael Vrable

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-derek

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