https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=850174&group_id=22307&atid=374932

adustman · adustman · commit 37481774b129 · 2003-12-13T04:58:25.000Z
Use more precision for floats; str(&lt;float&gt;) doesn't return full precision.
diff --git a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ def Long2Int(l, d):
 else:
     Long2Int = Thing2Str
 
+def Float2Str(o, d):
+    return '%.15g' % o
+
 def None2NULL(o, d):
     """Convert None to NULL."""
     return NULL # duh
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ def array2Str(o, d):
 conversions = {
     types.IntType: Thing2Str,
     types.LongType: Long2Int,
-    types.FloatType: Thing2Str,
+    types.FloatType: Float2Str,
     types.NoneType: None2NULL,
     types.TupleType: escape_sequence,
     types.ListType: escape_sequence,
