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Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) Data Types - DECIMAL, NUMERIC
Versions: Informix Dynamic Server 11.x, 10.x, 9.x and 7.x
| Informix - DECIMAL | |
|---|---|
| Syntax | DECIMAL[(p[,s])] |
| Data | Fixed-point numeric data |
| Parameters | p is the maximum number of all digits (both sides of the decimal point), s is the maximum number of digits after the decimal point |
| Range | 1 ⇐ p ⇐ 32, 0 ⇐ s ⇐ p |
| Default | p is 16, s is 0 |
| Synonym | DEC |
| Standards | ANSI SQL |
NUMERIC is identical to DECIMAL
| Informix - NUMERIC | |
|---|---|
| Standards | ANSI SQL |
Example:
CREATE TABLE t_dec ( c1 DECIMAL(3,1) );
Informix DECIMAL/NUMERIC - Equivalents in Other Databases
| Database | Data Type and Conversion |
|---|---|
| Oracle | NUMBER(p,s), 1 ⇐ p ⇐ 38, -84 ⇐ s ⇐ 127 |
| SQL Server | DECIMAL(p,s), NUMERIC(p,s), 1 ⇐ p ⇐ 38, 0 ⇐ s ⇐ p |
| MySQL | DECIMAL(p,s,), NUMERIC(p,s), 1 ⇐ p ⇐ 65, 0 ⇐ s ⇐ 30 |
| PostgreSQL | DECIMAL(p,s), NUMERIC(p,s), 1 ⇐ p ⇐ 1000, 0 ⇐ s ⇐ p |
| Sybase ASE | DECIMAL(p,s), NUMERIC(p,s), 1 ⇐ p ⇐ 38, 0 ⇐ s ⇐ p |
| HP Neoview | DECIMAL(p,s), 1 ⇐ p ⇐ 18, 0 ⇐ s ⇐ p, NUMERIC(p,s), 1 ⇐ p ⇐ 128, 0 ⇐ s ⇐ p |
| Ingres | DECIMAL(p,s), NUMERIC(p,s), 1 ⇐ p ⇐ 39, 0 ⇐ s ⇐ p |
Related Data Types in Informix
| Data Types | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Integers | BIGINT | INT | SMALLINT |
| Floating-point | FLOAT(p) | REAL, SMALLFLOAT | DOUBLE PRECISION |
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