Re: NUMBER Vs NUMBER(38)

From: Nandakumar <N.Kumar_at_rocketmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:38:05 GMT
Message-ID: <7q67sb$khf$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

In article <Qn5NFAAapXx3Ew9W_at_rwx777.demon.co.uk>, Steve Haynes <steve_at_nospamrwx777.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <37cc5033.33238454_at_newshost.us.oracle.com>, Thomas Kyte
> <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com> writes
> >but the of decimal places is very different.... they have the same
precision
> >(number of digits) but a number(38) is the same as number(38,0) so
the scales
> >are different (scale being the number of digits to the right of the
decimal)

> Am I the only one who thinks that the terms precision and scale
> would be better swapped?
> Scale to me is the number to the left of the decimal
> and precision is the number of decimal places.
> It just sits better with me.
> Steve
> --
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>

Steve,

even i think the same!
PRECISION should mean the number of decimal places! i often get confused between scale and precision. --
Nandakumar
(N.Kumar_at_rocketmail.com)

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