Re: OT: PIC 9(9)V99 ??

Tim, thanks thats pretty much what I do everytime someone asks.

joe

Tim Gorman wrote:

>Life is too short to try to remember stuff like this...
>
> SQL> create table x (y number(9,2));
>
> Table created.
>
> SQL> insert into x values (999999999.99);
> insert into x values (999999999.99)
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allows for this
>column
>
> SQL> insert into x values (9999999.99);
>
> 1 row created.
>
>So, that's 9 digits in total with 7 to the left and 2 to the right...
>
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>>Chris, I wish i could remember, wait
>>
>>var_name number(9,2) heck i can't remember if thats a total of 9 digits
>>with 2 to the right, so is it 7.2 or is it 9.2
>>
>>damn.
>>
>>joe
>>
>>
>>Grabowy, Chris wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Totally off Oracle topic.
>>>
>>>I am studying the mainframe layout specs for a flat file, and came
>>>across this "datatype", and I just want to confirm my interpretation.
>>>
>>>PIC 9(9)V99
>>>
>>>So that's 9 digits before the decimal point?
>>>
>>>And then two digits after the decimal point?
>>>
>>>And the actual data would have a decimal point?
>>>
>>>So in this case, for a total of 12 characters?
>>>
>>>123456789.99 ?
>>>
>>>TIA!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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