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Strage difference between precision in literals

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Subject	Strage difference between precision in literals
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Hello, all

Can you please tell me why this query:

   SELECT     POWER(0.5, 2), POWER(0.50, 2)
   Returns    0.3            0.25
   Instead of 0.25           0.25

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Strage difference between precision in literals Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2022-04-23 19:04 +0300
  Re: Strage difference between precision in literals Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2022-04-25 21:58 +0200
    Re: Strage difference between precision in literals Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2022-04-26 13:21 +0300
      Re: Strage difference between precision in literals Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2022-04-26 20:26 +0200

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