tests for steel in post request is fixed with all the errors found in the codebase

server/src/tables_data/handlers/post_table_data.rs

@@ -149,9 +149,27 @@ pub async fn post_table_data(
         let expected_value = script_output.pop()
             .ok_or_else(|| Status::internal("Script returned no values"))?;
 
-        if user_value != &expected_value {
+        // FIX: Compare as Decimal numbers, not strings!
+        // Parse the user's value into a Decimal
+        let user_decimal = Decimal::from_str(user_value).map_err(|_| {
+            Status::invalid_argument(format!(
+                "Invalid decimal format provided for column '{}': {}",
+                target_column, user_value
+            ))
+        })?;
+
+        // Parse the script's calculated value into a Decimal  
+        let expected_decimal = Decimal::from_str(&expected_value).map_err(|_| {
+            Status::internal(format!(
+                "Script for column '{}' produced an invalid decimal format: {}",
+                target_column, expected_value
+            ))
+        })?;
+
+        // Now compare the actual numbers - this correctly sees that 76.5 == 76.50
+        if user_decimal != expected_decimal {
             return Err(Status::invalid_argument(format!(
-                "Validation failed for column '{}': Expected '{}', Got '{}'",
+                "Validation failed for column '{}': Script calculated '{}', but user provided '{}'",
                 target_column, expected_value, user_value
             )));
         }