Storage of numeric data

From: Schauss, Peter <SCHAUPE_at_mail.northgrum.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:48:22 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004991C9.20020716074822@fatcity.com>

We have an mechanical CAD application where we will be storing values like bolt diameter and hole sizes. As far as I know, these numbers will not be used in any computations, but it is important the the number retrieved be exactly what was put in. For example, if they put in 0.086 the should not get out 0.08599).

If I use a format like number(4,3), will this give me the result that I want or should I use char(5)?

thanks,

Peter Schauss
Northrop Grumman Corporation
schaupe_at_mail.northgrum.com
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