FLOAT
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Topics on this page:
Overview
Single-precision floating-point number.
DETAILS
SYNONYMS
The following are synonyms for FLOAT:
FLOAT4
EXAMPLES
SIGNED and UNSIGNED
The FLOAT
data type may be SIGNED
(allowing negative values) or UNSIGNED
(not allowing negative values).
Example of FLOAT SIGNED
(SIGNED is the default):
CREATE TABLE float_signed_example (
description VARCHAR(20),
example FLOAT,
sz6_2 FLOAT(6,2),
sz20_19 FLOAT(20,19) SIGNED
);
SET @pi = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795;
INSERT INTO float_signed_example VALUES
('Pi', @pi, @pi, @pi),
('Series', 1234.567890123, 1234.567890123, 1.234567890123),
('Negative', -1234.567890123, -1234.567890123, -1.234567890123),
('Various', 1234567890, 9999.99, 9.9999999999999999999);
SELECT * FROM float_signed_example;
+-------------+------------+----------+------------------------+
| description | example | sz6_2 | sz20_19 |
+-------------+------------+----------+------------------------+
| Pi | 3.14159 | 3.14 | 3.1415927410125732000 |
| Series | 1234.57 | 1234.57 | 1.2345678806304932000 |
| Negative | -1234.57 | -1234.57 | -1.2345678806304932000 |
| Various | 1234570000 | 9999.99 | 10.0000000000000000000 |
+-------------+------------+----------+------------------------+
Example of FLOAT UNSIGNED
:
CREATE TABLE float_unsigned_example (
description VARCHAR(20),
example FLOAT UNSIGNED,
sz6_2 FLOAT(6,2) UNSIGNED,
sz20_19 FLOAT(20,19) UNSIGNED
);
SET @pi = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795;
INSERT INTO float_unsigned_example VALUES
('Pi', @pi, @pi, @pi),
('Series', 1234.567890123, 1234.567890123, 1.234567890123),
('Various', 1234567890, 9999.99, 9.9999999999999999999);
SELECT * FROM float_unsigned_example;
+-------------+------------+---------+------------------------+
| description | example | sz6_2 | sz20_19 |
+-------------+------------+---------+------------------------+
| Pi | 3.14159 | 3.14 | 3.1415927410125732000 |
| Series | 1234.57 | 1234.57 | 1.2345678806304932000 |
| Various | 1234570000 | 9999.99 | 10.0000000000000000000 |
+-------------+------------+---------+------------------------+
Out-of-Range
A value is considered "out-of-range" when it is too small or too large to be stored in a data type. The size specified when creating the column is the limit for what values can be represented. The limits can also vary based on your hardware and operating system. When SQL_MODE
is strict (the default) an out-of-range value generates an error and the operation fails. If strict mode is not in effect, the value is rounded to the nearest valid value and a warning is generated (which might be hidden, depending on your warning settings).
A value whose significant digits must be rounded to fit only generates a warning note about data truncation, since it is only an out-of-range value if the rounding causes the value to overflow. A somewhat strange exception happens when the decimal places are 16 digits or larger: at that point the value can round up to be one digit larger than you would expect to be accepted, but only for the next larger power of 10. For instance, a FLOAT(17,16) should max out at 9.9999999999999999, but that value rounds up to being equivalent to 10 (and 11 overflows).
TRUNCATE float_signed_example;
-- Disable strict mode
SET sql_mode=(SELECT REPLACE(@@sql_mode, 'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES', ''));
INSERT INTO float_signed_example VALUES
('OK', 3.402823466e38, NULL, NULL),
('Overflow', 4.0e38, NULL, NULL),
('OK', -3.402823466e38, NULL, NULL),
('Underflow', -4.0e38, NULL, NULL),
('OK', NULL, 9999.99, NULL),
('Rounded overflow', NULL, 9999.995, NULL),
('Overflow', NULL, 10000, NULL),
('OK', NULL, -9999.99, NULL),
('Rounded underflow', NULL, -9999.995, NULL),
('Underflow', NULL, -10000, NULL),
('OK', NULL, NULL, 9.9999999999999999),
('Rounded OK', NULL, NULL, 9.99999999999999995),
('Overflow', NULL, NULL, 11),
('OK', NULL, NULL, -9.9999999999999999),
('Rounded OK', NULL, NULL, -9.99999999999999995),
('Underflow', NULL, NULL, -11);
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'example' at row 2
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'example' at row 4
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'sz6_2' at row 6
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'sz6_2' at row 7
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'sz6_2' at row 9
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'sz6_2' at row 10
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'sz20_19' at row 13
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'sz20_19' at row 16
SELECT * FROM float_signed_example;
+-------------------+-------------+----------+-------------------------+
| description | example | sz6_2 | sz20_19 |
+-------------------+-------------+----------+-------------------------+
| OK | 3.40282e38 | NULL | NULL |
| Overflow | 3.40282e38 | NULL | NULL |
| OK | -3.40282e38 | NULL | NULL |
| Underflow | -3.40282e38 | NULL | NULL |
| OK | NULL | 9999.99 | NULL |
| Rounded overflow | NULL | 9999.99 | NULL |
| Overflow | NULL | 9999.99 | NULL |
| OK | NULL | -9999.99 | NULL |
| Rounded underflow | NULL | -9999.99 | NULL |
| Underflow | NULL | -9999.99 | NULL |
| OK | NULL | NULL | 10.0000000000000000000 |
| Rounded OK | NULL | NULL | 10.0000000000000000000 |
| Overflow | NULL | NULL | 10.0000000000000000000 |
| OK | NULL | NULL | -10.0000000000000000000 |
| Rounded OK | NULL | NULL | -10.0000000000000000000 |
| Underflow | NULL | NULL | -10.0000000000000000000 |
+-------------------+-------------+----------+-------------------------+
TRUNCATE float_unsigned_example;
-- Disable strict mode
SET sql_mode=(SELECT REPLACE(@@sql_mode, 'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES', ''));
INSERT INTO float_unsigned_example VALUES
('OK', 3.402823466e38, NULL, NULL),
('Overflow', 4.0e38, NULL, NULL),
('Underflow', -1, NULL, NULL);
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'example' at row 2
Warning (Code 1264): Out of range value for column 'example' at row 3
SELECT * FROM float_unsigned_example;
+-------------+------------+-------+---------+
| description | example | sz6_2 | sz20_19 |
+-------------+------------+-------+---------+
| OK | 3.40282e38 | NULL | NULL |
| Overflow | 3.40282e38 | NULL | NULL |
| Underflow | 0 | NULL | NULL |
+-------------+------------+-------+---------+
FLOAT ZEROFILL
A special type of FLOAT UNSIGNED
is FLOAT ZEROFILL
, which pads out the values with leading zeros in SELECT results. The number of leading zeros are just enough to pad the field out to the length of the type's field size (counting the decimal point), but the zeros are not included in an expression result or in a UNION SELECT column.
Using FLOAT ZEROFILL
works the same way as FLOAT UNSIGNED
for most operations except a simple SELECT. For example, with the following test table setup:
CREATE TABLE float_zerofill_example (
description VARCHAR(20),
example FLOAT ZEROFILL,
sz6_2 FLOAT(6,2) ZEROFILL,
sz20_19 FLOAT(20,19) ZEROFILL
);
SET @pi = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795;
INSERT INTO float_zerofill_example VALUES
('Pi', @pi, @pi, @pi),
('Series', 1234.567890123, 1234.567890123, 1.234567890123),
('Various', 1234567890, 9999.99, 9.9999999999999999999);
SELECT * FROM float_zerofill_example;
+-------------+--------------+---------+------------------------+
| description | example | sz6_2 | sz20_19 |
+-------------+--------------+---------+------------------------+
| Pi | 000003.14159 | 003.14 | 3.1415927410125732000 |
| Series | 000001234.57 | 1234.57 | 1.2345678806304932000 |
| Various | 001234570000 | 9999.99 | 10.0000000000000000000 |
+-------------+--------------+---------+------------------------+
CHANGE HISTORY
EXTERNAL REFERENCES
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