Re: Rounding in SQL -- MIDRANGE-L

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At 08:40 02/18/1999 -0700, David Morris wrote:
>I converted my convoluted way of rounding to a simple expression like 
>yours.  Then someone asked:  What about negative numbers?  Back 
>to the convoluted. In this case .01 is for a one decimal place number 
>(.001 for two places etc.) and prevents division by zero without changing 
>the result.
>
>DECIMAL(COLUMN_NAME + (.5 * (COLUMN_NAME + .01) / ABS(COLUMN_NAME + 
>.01)),<length>,0)

But David, -4.5 rounded to the nearest integer is generally -4, not -5 ...
isn't it????
Pete Hall
pbhall@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~pbhall
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