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From: Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com>
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Subject: Strage difference between precision in literals
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 19:04:12 +0300
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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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