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- We use the following terms below: The
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- <firstterm>scale</firstterm> of a <type>numeric</type> is the
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- count of decimal digits in the fractional part, to the right of
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- the decimal point. The <firstterm>precision</firstterm> of a
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- <type>numeric</type> is the total count of significant digits in
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- the whole number, that is, the number of digits to both sides of
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- the decimal point. So the number 23.5141 has a precision of 6
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- and a scale of 4. Integers can be considered to have a scale of
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- zero.
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+ We use the following terms below: the
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+ <firstterm>precision</firstterm> of a <type>numeric</type>
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+ is the total count of significant digits in the whole number,
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+ that is, the number of digits to both sides of the decimal point.
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+ The <firstterm>scale</firstterm> of a <type>numeric</type> is the
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+ count of decimal digits in the fractional part, to the right of the
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+ decimal point. So the number 23.5141 has a precision of 6 and a
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+ scale of 4. Integers can be considered to have a scale of zero.
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