Mathematical comparison between two values (Text type)

RE: Mathematical comparison between two values (Text type)

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:33:20 GMT

I do not understand the issue to overcome. The mentioned calculation is correct and you use fixed() or text() to display that value to the user.

So, I think that you could create a view in the DB to cast the values to numbers and then query this view.

RE: Mathematical comparison between two values (Text type)

vetri1406 — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:39:44 GMT

Hi Stefan ,

Use case is similar to the question raised . Not in a position to use decimal function (The field is maintained as a Text type )

67658889*2.6 = 1.759131e+08(Number (Decimal))

to overcome the above , the field is maintained as a text type . Now there is a case where we need to fetch values greater than X from DB . Unfortunately the field is of type text .

Any suggestions or any more inputs needed ?

RE: Mathematical comparison between two values (Text type)

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:10:48 GMT

Hm .... mathematics works with numbers, not strings.

Can you explain your use case and why a cast to a decimal is not "allowed"?