!Application Domain

NUMBERn is an [application domain|DOMAIN] with the following characteristics:

* Stored in the Data base as a Numeric field with a length of n
* Displayed to the user as a numeric field 

!Oracle Data Type

NUMBER(nn,xx) is an [Oracle data type|ORACLE DATA TYPE] that identifies the field in the data base as holding numeric-only values with a variable length not to exceed the number of digits indicated in the first field (nn).  If the optional second number (,xx) is also provided, then the field may hold a number of digits to the right of the decimal.

 For example, a field defined as NUMBER(10) (or NUMBER(10,0)) may hold a value which has as many as ten digits, with no decimal values (i.e. 9,876,543,210) and a field defined as NUMBER(18,6) may hold a value of 18 digits, 6 of which are to the right of the decimal (i.e.  987,654,321,012.123456).


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