DB2 - Problem description
Problem IT01735 | Status: Closed |
STDDEV, VAR AND VARIANCE WITH INTEGER INPUT RETURN WRONG DATA TYPE WHEN NUMBER SUPPORT IS ENABLED | |
product: | |
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / A10 - DB2 | |
Problem description: | |
On a database with NUMBER support enabled, the statistical functions STDDEV, VAR and VARIANCE with integer input (i.e. SMALLINT, INTEGER or BIGINT) return data type DOUBLE instead of the expected DECFLOAT. | |
Problem Summary: | |
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: * * ALL * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: * * See Error Description * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * * Upgrade to DB2 version 10.1 fix pack 5 * **************************************************************** | |
Local Fix: | |
Cast the integer argument to DECFLOAT | |
Solution | |
First fixed in DB2 version 10.1 fix pack 5 | |
Workaround | |
not known / see Local fix | |
Timestamps | |
Date - problem reported : Date - problem closed : Date - last modified : | 12.05.2014 12.11.2014 12.11.2014 |
Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos) | |
Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s) | |
10.1.0.5 |