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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Received on Thu Aug 26 1999 - 12:33:14 CDT
