Re: Decimal exponent (power) in i4gl?

Peter Lancashire schrieb: > > Manuel A. Daponte Santiago wrote: > > > > In i4gl there is the ** operand to raise a number to a power, but it > > only handles integers (2 ** 2.5 = 4). > > > > Does somebody know hot to perform this operation? > > > > Thanks in advance > > The database engine from version 7.1 can do it (extract from manual): > > POW Function > > The POW function raises the base to the exponent. This function requires > two numeric arguments. The return type is FLOAT. The following example > returns all the information for circles whose areas ( p r 2 ) are less > than 1,000 square units: > > SELECT * FROM circles WHERE (3.1417 * POW(radius,2)) < 1000 ^ I would like to buy squares from you. Would you trade your squares for circles of equal area? ;> Sorry, couldnt resist Dirk