enable_numeric_rounding

Values (default in bold)

on (true), off (false)

Description

Specifies whether to use numeric rounding. If enable_numeric_rounding is on, Amazon Redshift rounds NUMERIC values when casting them to other numeric types, such as INTEGER or DECIMAL. If enable_numeric_rounding is off, Amazon Redshift truncates NUMERIC values when casting them to other numeric types. For more information on numeric types, see Numeric types.

Example

--Create a table and insert the numeric value 1.5 into it.
CREATE TABLE t (a numeric(10, 2));

INSERT INTO t VALUES (1.5);

SET enable_numeric_rounding to ON;
--Amazon Redshift now rounds NUMERIC values when casting to other numeric types.

SELECT a::int FROM t;

 a
---
 2
(1 row)


SELECT a::decimal(10, 0) FROM t;

 a
---
 2
(1 row)


 SELECT a::decimal(10, 5) FROM t;
 
    a
---------
 1.50000
(1 row)


SET enable_numeric_rounding to OFF;
--Amazon Redshift now truncates NUMERIC values when casting to other numeric types.

SELECT a::int FROM t;

 a
---
 1
(1 row)


SELECT a::decimal(10, 0) FROM t;

 a
---
 1
(1 row)


SELECT a::decimal(10, 5) FROM t;

    a
---------
 1.50000
(1 row)