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Wes McKinney commented on ARROW-3904:
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In PostgreSQL it seems to be configurable


> [C++/Python] Validate scale and precision of decimal128 type
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ARROW-3904
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-3904
>             Project: Apache Arrow
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: C++, Python
>            Reporter: Krisztian Szucs
>            Priority: Major
>
> Do We have a specification for it? 
> Currently I can create `pa.decimal128(-2147483648, 2147483647)`, which seems 
> wrong.
> References:
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> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/data-types/precision-scale-and-length-transact-sql?view=sql-server-2017
> - 
> https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28318/datatype.htm#CNCPT1832



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