[DB-SIG] Oracle Number

[Marcos Sánchez Provencio]

For some values, it is impossible to guarantee that no precision is lost 
if converted to any other type. You may try cx_Oracle to see if it 
pleases you more.

Sakesun Roykiattisak wrote:

> I'm using adodbapi with oracle and I've found number-field always 
> return as "unicode-string".  Anybody have any idea why ?
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>> Subject:
>> Re: [DB-SIG] Problem with mx an Oracle
>> From:
>> "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at egenix.com>
>> Date:
>> Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:25:41 +0100
>> To:
>> Kike Peña <kepena at telesat.com.co>
>>
>>
>>
>> Oracle has a single numeric type called number. This is mapped
>> to a Python float since the precision of those numbers is always >0.
>>
>> HTH,
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