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# FLOAT8

## Overview

See [DOUBLE](/docs/server/reference/data-types/numeric-data-types/double.md).

## EXAMPLES

```sql
CREATE TABLE float8_example (
  example FLOAT8
);
```

```sql
SHOW CREATE TABLE float8_example\G

*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: float8_example
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `float8_example` (
  `example` double DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
```

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