# Inserting decimal number in aerospike **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 18, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/inserting-decimal-number-in-aerospike/4825 "2017-12-18T12:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vishal\_Paike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/da6949/32.png) [@Vishal\_Paike](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Vishal_Paike)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/inserting-decimal-number-in-aerospike/4825/1 "2017-12-18T12:58:41Z")
Aerospike Community Edition build 3.14.1.3 When I am inserting the decimal number 76.3269 in aerospike using aql, the value actually being inserted in aerospike is 76.32689999999999. Please help here. Regards, Vishal ---
**Author:** ![kporter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.aerospike.com/kporter/32/515_2.png) [@kporter](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/kporter)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/inserting-decimal-number-in-aerospike/4825/2 "2017-12-18T16:30:49Z")
Aerospike stores floating point values as double precision IEEE 754 floating points. I believe this is an example of a normal floating point rounding error. > **[The Floating-Point Guide - Comparison](https://floating-point-gui.de/errors/comparison/)** > > Explanation of the various pitfalls in comparing floating-point numbers. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.aerospike.com/system/32/2274_2.png) [@system](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/inserting-decimal-number-in-aerospike/4825/3 "2019-08-30T00:56:37Z")
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