nathan 7372 (3/2/2010)
Thats the funny thing about decimal places. Technically, you are both right. Obviously Jeff's higher precision datatype leads to a more mathematically accurate answer. At the same time however, accounting is looking at having me calculate it with as little as 2 decimal places in order to save money. When all of those decimal places get truncated the company saves. So really precision has more to do with business requirements than it does with getting the "right" answer. Just food for thought.
I agree... you have to "close" the books each month on two decimal places.
As a side bar... If you keep track of the pennies, you can probably afford to buy a new red stapler. 😉
--Jeff Moden
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