SAP ABAP Data Element NUM_SCALE (iSeries: Table field numeric scale)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-DB-DB4 (Application Component) DB2 for AS/400
     ⤷ STU4 (Package) CCMS / AS/400

Basic Data

Data Element	NUM_SCALE
Short Description	iSeries: Table field numeric scale

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	QINT4
Data Type	INT4	4-byte integer, integer number with sign
Length	10
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	10
Value Table

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Num. scale
Medium	15	Numeric scale
Long	20	Numeric scale
Heading	10	Num. scale

Documentation

Definition

DB2 UDB for iSeries scale of numeric data (number of digits to the right of the implied decimal point).

Contains the null value if the DB2 UDB for iSeries data type is not decimal, numeric or binary.

Example

For a table created with
CREATE TABLE NUMERIC_TEST
(F1 DECIMAL (10, 2) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT)
the column F1 would have the following values:

PRECISION    LENGTH    SCALE

10    10    2

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20070813
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