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Fixed - and Floating-Point Data Types
Fixed - and Floating-Point Data Types
number: precision
10.523 5
precision
10.523 5 3
scale
10.523 5 3
36.875 5 3
e.g. DECIMAL ( 5 , 3 )
Fixed- and Floating-Point Data Types
text ≠ numbers
DECIMAL ( 5 , 3 ) 10.523
10.5 10.500
10.5236789 10.524
Fixed- and Floating-Point Data Types
DECIMAL ( 7 )
1234567
DECIMAL ( 7, 0 )
Fixed- and Floating-Point Data Types
DECIMAL = NUMERIC
Fixed- and Floating-Point Data Types
text ≠ numbers
INTEGER DECIMAL
NUMERIC
Fixed- and Floating-Point Data Types
DECIMAL = NUMERIC
e.g. salaries
NUMERIC ( p , s )
precision: p = 7
scale: s = 2
FLOAT ( 5 , 3 ) 10.523
10.5236789 10.524
the main difference between the fixed- and the floating-point type
is in the way the value is represented in the memory of the computer
DECIMAL ( 5 , 3 )
10.5236789 10.524
FLOAT ( 5 , 3 )
10.5236789 10.524
Fixed- and Floating-Point Data Types
text ≠ numbers
NUMERIC DOUBLE
Fixed- and Floating-Point Data Types
FLOAT 4 single 23
DOUBLE 8 double 53