At 10:58 AM 8/12/2006, you wrote:

>I'm setting up a domain for a currency type. I'm not sure what size to make
>it. Each field would be in the hundreds of dollars typically, almost never
>over a $1000.
>
>However, aggregate calculations on those numbers could be in the millions
>after some time. Does the size of the field affect the aggregate output?
>
>I think DECIMAL(6,2) would easily store what is necessary. Also why not
>just make it way too big so as not to worry about it?

Why not indeed! Just set your currency domain as NUMERIC(18,2) and
be done with it.

>Are there significant performance issues with making the field way
>bigger then I need?

No. And you avoid overflow issues for longer.

./heLen