Re: [PHP] Field type for american money

[email protected] (Waynn Lue)
Newsgroups php.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
For mysql, it's better to use int and then store it in cents (or
micros) so you can use all integer operations instead of float ones.

On 6/11/09, Shawn McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote:
> revDAVE wrote:
>> Php - MySQL - newbie question
>>
>> - Field type for american money - int(11) seems to work fine
>>
>> - but also I tried decimal(10,2)
>>
>> Is one a better choice than another for american money usage?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks - RevDave
>> Cool @ hosting4days . com
>> [db-lists 09]
>>
>>
>>
>
> If you are only interested in round dollar amounts then int should work
> fine ;-)  If you expect any fractions of a dollar (as I suspect you
> will), such as 19.95 then use decimal.
>
> --
> Thanks!
> -Shawn
> http://www.spidean.com
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