Some guy in the late 1800s use 4 'cos it's has a nice root. Then
he was surprised when the clocks where wrong, he got lost a lot ....

Cheers


Obnoxio The Clown wrote:
>
> Paul Watson wrote:
>
> > Use 4 - it's close enough :-))
>
> 3 is closer, though.
>
> > Michael Krzepkowski wrote:
> >>
> >> Ravi Krishna wrote:
> >> > I am converting a SQL Server stored procedure to Informix.
> >> > In SQL Server there is a function PI() which returns 3.1415926535897931
> >> > and this can be used in a SQL Server FLOAT variable.
> >> > When I try to create a datatype in Informix to store the same value,
> >> > it seems the best I could do is to create FLOAT(16) and it can only
> >> > take 3.141592653590. Is there a data type in Informix which can take
> >> > the precise value of PI. Am I missing something?
> >>
> >> There is no such thing as a precise value of PI. Just one is
> >> a little bit more precise than the other.
>
> --
> "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule"
> - Coluche

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