Bill, 8.0 and eXtreme 9.0 have a data type not found in 7.6 and earlier: *BIGNUM * · Holds decimal numbers whose precision and scale can be set · When specifying BIGNUM, specify a precision (the total number of digits) from 1 to 38 (default 18) and a scale (the number of decimal places) from zero to any positive integer up to the precision value (default 0) · R:BASE reserves a minimum of forty bytes of internal storage ·
BIGNUM numbers are stored as DECIMAL Bill On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Bill Niehaus <[email protected]>wrote: > I am trying to track some large numbers and planned to use an integer > type. The number can be 10 digits long but can not have any decimal values > (all whole numbers). It seems like an integer works ok for an 9 digit > number but does not work for a 10 digit number. I'm not sure how I can > confirm this. > > Should an integer handle a 10 digit number and if not, what is a better > option for a 9 digit number. > > Thanks. > > Bill >
