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Review
So you think you can count?
Rounding functions and more
Review and practice
22. Summary

Instruction

Amazing! Now let's summarize what we've learned in this part:

  • Computations using floating point numbers are not always exact. Use the decimal, numeric, or money data types for all money columns and whenever precision matters.
  • Dividing two integers is integer division, which is not always accurate. Use CAST(column AS TYPE) or the :: operator to avoid it.
  • Avoid division by zero.

We've learned some useful functions:

  • The modulo operation (x % y) returns the remainder of x by y division.
  • ROUND(x, p) rounds x to the nearest integer or to the specified number of decimal digits (p).
  • CEILING(x) rounds up to the nearest integer value.
  • FLOOR(x) rounds down to the nearest integer value.
  • ABS(x) returns the absolute value of x.
  • TRUNC(x, p) – removes decimal digits given in p from the number x; TRUNC(x) removes all decimal digits.
  • The :: operator and the CAST() function convert data types.

The queries we've written so far have been fairly simple. Let's test your knowledge with some more advanced exercises.

Exercise

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