Re: Financial operation [Hibernate]
Martin Gregorie wrote:
Arne VajhQj wrote:
GG wrote:
I'm wondering about mapping type for ammount money in database
defined as
numeric(10,2).
I have two option:
1. Mapping to BigDecimal
2. Maping to Double
I know that using BigDecimal is comfortable solution buy not most
efficient and fast.
What do you think about solution witch Double ?
What are you using for financial operations ?
I hope that nobody uses double for financial operations.
Agreed.
NEVER use a float or double for financial values because arithmetic
results are not always exact.
I would change "financial values" to "accounting". Some financial
calculations are inherently imprecise, dealing with estimates and
projections. Those calculations are often easier done in double.
For example, I've just been through a round of financial planning that
involved Monte Carlo methods and estimates of future interest rates etc.
Floating point rounding error is probably one of the least significant
sources of error in that sort of calculation.
On the other hand, accounting usually does require exactness.
Patricia
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