BDRichardson
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Please would someone kindly explain some of the differences between the Data Types of Decimal and Numeric.
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Currently, I am not aware of any differences!
Currently, I am not aware of any differences!
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Difference Between Decimal and Numeric Data Type
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It is the same, from BOL
decimal and numeric
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decimal
Fixed precision and scale numeric data from -10^38 +1 through 10^38 –1.
numeric
Functionally equivalent to decimal.
“I sense many useless updates in you... Useless updates lead to defragmentation... Defragmentation leads to downtime...Downtime leads to suffering..Defragmentation is the path to the darkside.. DBCC INDEXDEFRAG and DBCC DBREINDEX are the force...May the force be with you" --
decimal and numeric
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decimal
Fixed precision and scale numeric data from -10^38 +1 through 10^38 –1.
numeric
Functionally equivalent to decimal.
“I sense many useless updates in you... Useless updates lead to defragmentation... Defragmentation leads to downtime...Downtime leads to suffering..Defragmentation is the path to the darkside.. DBCC INDEXDEFRAG and DBCC DBREINDEX are the force...May the force be with you" --
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BDRichardson
Programmer
How bizarre! Well, not really I suppose!
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