title: how can I stop mysql from rounding float values?
body: <p>I'm storing monetary values in a mysql table as floats. </p>
  
  <p>problem being, mysql is rounding the numbers up or down.</p>
  
  <p>ex. 12345.68 gets rounded to 12345.7</p>
  
  <p>How can I stop this or is there a better data type I should be using?</p>
  
  <p>I would like to retain the original values within the 2 decimal places.</p>