Paul Watson wrote:

> 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 ....

Had a nice root, did he? Fnaar...!

> 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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- Coluche