Thanks Andrew. I updated the http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/ReferenceManualTenTwo wiki page to reflect that this change needs to be made in the docs still. Susan ----- Original Message ---- From: Andrew McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 2, 2006 12:16:45 AM Subject: Re: Numeric limitations in Derby - 'Largest decimal precision'
On 9/1/06, Susan Cline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the Reference manual, > http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.2/ref/rrefnumericlimits.html, > the 'Largest decimal precision' value is listed as 31,255. > > Shouldn't this be 31? Or is there some meaning to the 255 after the 31 that > I don't understand? Clearing out some old mail... Correct. 31 is the greatest DECIMAL precision allowed. The value for scale should be less than the precision value. Derby certainly does not allow multiple thousands of digits of decimal precision, so this entry in the developer's guide appears to be incorrect. andrew
