getting mismatched data instead of having same data

  • Hi

    while working with data comparison I faced an issue of mismatched data instead of having same data. Please help if I am missing something. Below is Script

    CREATE TABLE #TestAA(

    [ID] [int] NOT NULL,

    [value] [float] NOT NULL

    )

    CREATE TABLE #TestBB(

    [ID] [int] NOT NULL,

    [value] [float] NOT NULL

    )

    INSERT #TestAA ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643766584, -13219.24)

    INSERT #TestAA ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643728333, -968.28000000000009)

    INSERT #TestAA ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643753337, -103.2)

    INSERT #TestAA ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643740302, 1022.29)

    INSERT #TestAA ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643799525, 638.67)

    INSERT #TestAA ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643736475, 8325.1700000000019)

    INSERT #TestAA ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643624658, -158.75000000000003)

    INSERT #TestAA ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643766122, 1594.45)

    INSERT #TestAA ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643742180, 86868.98000000001)

    INSERT #TestAA ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643755869, -4983.8799999999992)

    INSERT #TestBB ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643624658, -158.75)

    INSERT #TestBB ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643728333, -968.28)

    INSERT #TestBB ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643766584, -13219.239999999998)

    INSERT #TestBB ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643753337, -103.19999999999999)

    INSERT #TestBB ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643740302, 1022.2900000000001)

    INSERT #TestBB ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643799525, 638.67000000000007)

    INSERT #TestBB ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643736475, 8325.17)

    INSERT #TestBB ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643766122, 1594.4499999999998)

    INSERT #TestBB ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643742180, 86868.98)

    INSERT #TestBB ([ID], [value]) VALUES (643755869, -4983.88)

    select A.ID, B.ID, A.Value, B.Value

    FROM #TestAA A INNER JOIN #TestBB B ON A.ID = B.ID

    WHERE A.Value <> B.Value

    --or you can use

    SELECT ID ,value FROM TestAA

    except

    SELECT ID, value FROM TestBB

    Thanks

  • The problem is in the rounding of FLOAT values. A FLOAT value isn't a precise value.

    You can see the difference where you substract the values, see the results from the query below.

    select A.ID, B.ID, A.Value, B.Value, A.Value - B.Value as 'difference'

    FROM #TestAA A INNER JOIN #TestBB B ON A.ID = B.ID

    WHERE A.Value <> B.Value

    ** Don't mistake the ‘stupidity of the crowd’ for the ‘wisdom of the group’! **
  • everything is float representation

    if you won't be able to change definition of table

    just change query

    select A.ID, B.ID, A.Value, B.Value

    FROM #TestAA A

    INNER JOIN #TestBB B ON A.ID = B.ID

    WHERE cast( A.Value as decimal(18,2)) <> cast( B.Value as decimal(18,2))

  • Thanks you all for guidance. Problem resolved by using decimal as data type .. Thanks again 🙂

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