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change SQL non-integer numeric literal type from Float64 to Decimal128

Open kmitchener opened this issue 3 years ago • 0 comments

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Per discussion on #166 , capturing for example 1.1 in the SQL literal as a Decimal results in accurate numbers, especially during expression simplification, where a Float can result in wrong data. Postgres also captures these literals as decimals.

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kmitchener avatar Sep 08 '22 11:09 kmitchener