Question on Decimal type

"Bayless Kirtley" <[email protected]> Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:16:48 -0500

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I have a table with a column defined as DECIMAL(6,2). My program calculates 
a percentage as 6.875 then stores the result in the above referenced field. When 
I retrieve that value, it comes back as 6.875 where I expected it to be 6.88 or 
possible 6.87. Is this an error or have I just misunderstood how the data base 
should store a decimal value?

Thanks in advance.
Bayless Kirtley