From c4b5af094a73f8d8c4b35e3a905bf9df33d2e4ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florent AIDE <florent.aide@xcg-consulting.fr>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:43:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added support for Numeric type in db storage

---
 decimal.go | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/decimal.go b/decimal.go
index e8d99b4..42acf30 100644
--- a/decimal.go
+++ b/decimal.go
@@ -469,6 +469,14 @@ func (d Decimal) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 
 // Scan implements the sql.Scanner interface for database deserialization.
 func (d *Decimal) Scan(value interface{}) error {
+	var err error
+	// first try to see if the data is stored in database as a Numeric datatype
+	if val, ok := value.(float64); ok {
+		*d = NewFromFloat(val)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// then try to see if it is stored as a string
 	str, err := unquoteIfQuoted(value)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err