Re: OT: PIC 9(9)V99 ??

Chris, I wish i could remember, wait

var_name number(9,2) heck i can't remember if thats a total of 9 digits with 2 to the right, so is it 7.2 or is it 9.2

damn.

joe

Grabowy, Chris wrote:

>Totally off Oracle topic.
>
>I am studying the mainframe layout specs for a flat file, and came
>across this "datatype", and I just want to confirm my interpretation.
>
>PIC 9(9)V99
>
>So that's 9 digits before the decimal point?
>
>And then two digits after the decimal point?
>
>And the actual data would have a decimal point?
>
>So in this case, for a total of 12 characters?
>
>123456789.99 ?
>
>TIA!!!
>
>

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