Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Decimal field precision question
Author Alexandre Benson Smith
jeff_j_dunlap wrote:
> I'm learning FB using dialect 3 and as far as that goes, I can't see a
> difference between choosing NUMERIC(precision.scale) or DECIMAL
> (precision.scale). With this said, I think that I'm going to
> standardize on using NUMERIC instead of DECIMAL so that if I ever need
> to store smaller numerics (pp.ss), I will save myself 2 bytes per field.
>

IIRC they are implemented in the same way, so choosing one or another
makes no practical difference

> Best Regards,
>
> Jeff
>

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
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