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Re: Need Help w/ Number Datatype

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 01:32:44 GMT
Message-ID: <37f62bd3.14330239@netnews.worldnet.att.net>


The negative sign does not take up a "digit". You should be able to store -387 in a number(3).



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On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 21:47:23 -0600, "Chris Durward" <durward_at_mcn.net> wrote:

>I have a quick question. In the data type "number" if I declare it
>Number(3) is it possible to have the following number:
>
>-387
>
>What I'm wondering is, does the negative sign take up a digit in that data?
Received on Tue Sep 21 1999 - 20:32:44 CDT

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