16:14 <ziyan> Hi guys, I am writing a Ruby application using Datamapper. I am needing to store prices in the database and also percentages. There are some computations with these fields. I would like to know what data types and advices to avoid floating point issues.

16:15 <ziyan> performance is not the priority but the accuracy of the data

16:15 <ziyan> we will be going up to scale: 10 for both values

17:15 <ziyan> I have come across dm-money. But I think using DataMapper with 'Decimal' is the proper way to go. Is there any other suggesitions pls?

17:21 <onewheelskyward> NEver heard of dm-money.

17:22 <onewheelskyward> Do you need currencies?

17:41 <ziyan> dm-money, ya not so popular but found out when I was looking for it.

17:41 <ziyan> I am actually onlyinterested in the storing and mathematical calculation of numbers

17:41 <ziyan> its to do with money, so a little bit alart of the situation

17:43 <ziyan> I checked BigDecimal from Ruby and seems to do the job. And as I understand BigDecimal in Datamapper is Decimal (because I got a deprication warning)

17:46 <onewheelskyward> uh yeah, you don't want dm-money