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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-23582

Unexpected result upon division of decimal values (comparing to other implementations)

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed (View Workflow)
    • Blocker
    • Resolution: Not a Bug
    • 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5
    • N/A
    • Data types

    Description

      SELECT (0.996875 / 2791137695) / 0.000000000357;
      

      10.5 6708e67acc

      MariaDB [test]> SELECT (0.996875 / 2791137695) / 0.000000000357;
      +------------------------------------------+
      | (0.996875 / 2791137695) / 0.000000000357 |
      +------------------------------------------+
      |                         1.12044817927171 |
      +------------------------------------------+
      1 row in set (0.001 sec)
      

      The same result is returned on all MariaDB 10.1+.

      MariaDB prior to 10.1.46, MySQL 5.6, 8.0, PostgreSQL 9.6, Oracle 11g R2, MS SQL Server 2017 and the calculator in my tablet return this (within ~6-8 decimal digit precision):

      postgres=# SELECT (0.996875 / 2791137695) / 0.000000000357;
                  ?column?            
      --------------------------------
       1.0004404124457612918767507003
      (1 row)
      

      The result changed after this commit in 10.1:

      commit 62d73df6b270cc94ba577e96d3bf325170f306fe
      Author: Varun Gupta <varun.gupta@mariadb.com>
      Date:   Wed Jul 22 14:44:25 2020 +0530
       
          MDEV-19232: Floating point precision / value comparison problem
      

      I cannot figure out whether the effect was expected, but given that all other implementations agree on a different outcome, chances are it's a failure.

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              varun Varun Gupta (Inactive)
              elenst Elena Stepanova
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