Further investigation revealed that this error appears only to
occur on Alpha based NT systems.
see bugs
[BUG:714600] Abstract: FLOATING POINT ARITHMETIC ERROR
[BUG:889434] Abstract: NT ALPHA CALCULATION MADE AGAINST DUAL RETURN A
TIDLER SYMBOL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Pruner [mailto:jan_at_pruner.cz]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 12:50 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: interesting floating point problem with oracle
>
>
> In which version of Oracle srvr???
> I'm running 8.1.7v3/Linux and get 1 as result.
>
> JP
>
> On Tue 25. September 2001 17:35, you wrote:
> > ran across something interesting on metalink.
> >
> >
> > from
> > Doc ID: Note:1012478.7
> >
> >
> > Problem Description
> > ===================
> >
> > Doing floating point arithmetic involving multiplication
> and division
> > causes unpredictable results. For example, if you issue
> the following
> > select statement from a SQL*Plus session, the result would
> be "~" which
> > is incorrect.
> >
> > select 62.323/62.323 from dual;
> >
> > ----
> > Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams_at_appl.ge.com
> > "Doing linear scans over an associative array is like
> > trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi."
> > - Larry Wall (creator of Perl)
>
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