mysql float data not selecting in where clause

Question

This maybe an easy one but i couldn\'t get answer. I need to select float value from table

example table :-

value
10.2
4.5
4.6
4.06

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Answer 1

Use decimal instead of float.

A decimal(10,2) will have 2 and only 2 decimal places and can be compared in the same manner as integers. Especially for monetairy values you should always use decimal, but anywhere where rounding errors are unwanted, decimal is a good choice.

See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/precision-math-decimal-changes.html

Or MySQL DECIMAL Data Type Characteristics