Never use the float data type
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05-30-2022 04:11 PM
select float('92233464567.33') returns
92,233,466,000
I am expected result will be around 92,233,464,567.xx
therefore, float data type should be avoided.
Use double or decimal works as expected.
But I see float data type is widely used assuming most numeric values are < 1 billion.