Is there a common pitfall or known issue with ADODB that could potentially lead to the loss of decimal places in PHP?

One common pitfall with ADODB in PHP is that it may truncate decimal places when fetching data from a database. This can happen if the database column is defined with a lower precision than the actual data being stored. To avoid this issue, make sure to define the database column with a sufficient precision for decimal values. 

// Example code snippet to fetch data from a database using ADODB with proper decimal precision
$sql = "SELECT amount FROM transactions";
$result = $db->Execute($sql);

while (!$result->EOF) {
    $amount = $result->fields['amount'];
    // Use proper formatting or casting to ensure decimal precision is maintained
    echo number_format($amount, 2); // Display amount with 2 decimal places
    $result->MoveNext();
}

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ADODB decimal places loss known issue PHP

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