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Hello all.

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=========

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go

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set nocount off

go
=============
Summary table:










PK
Location
Sum Weight
reading var.

FKFH34U
A-23
78.9
0.0083

RTYT24T
A-23
108.5
0.0161

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SRHT23T
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float and real (T-SQL)
Approximate number data types for use with floating point numeric data. Floating point data is approximate; not all values in the data type range can be precisely represented.

Syntax
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25-53 15 digits 8 bytes


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real
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--------------------------------------------------------

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