Data type scale (CLI) table

You can define the scale of a numeric column or parameter. The scale of a numeric column is the maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal point. For approximate floating point number columns or parameters, the scale is undefined because the number of digits to the right of the decimal place is not fixed.

The following table defines the scale for each SQL data type.

Table 1. Scale
fSqlType
Scale
SQL_CHAR
SQL_VARCHAR
SQL_LONGVARCHAR
SQL_CLOB
Not applicable.
SQL_DECIMAL
SQL_NUMERIC
The defined number of digits to the right of the decimal place. For example, the scale of a column defined as NUMERIC(10, 3) is 3.
SQL_SMALLINT
SQL_INTEGER
SQL_BIGINT
0
SQL_REAL
SQL_FLOAT
SQL_DECFLOAT
SQL_DOUBLE
Not applicable.
SQL_BINARY
SQL_VARBINARY
SQL_LONGVARBINARY
SQL_BLOB
Not applicable.
SQL_TYPE_DATE
SQL_TYPE_TIME
Not applicable.
SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP
The number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss[.ffffffffffff]" format. For example, if the TIMESTAMP data type uses the "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.fff" format, the scale is 3.
SQL_GRAPHIC
SQL_VARGRAPHIC
SQL_LONGVARGRAPHIC
SQL_DBCLOB
Not applicable.
SQL_WCHAR
SQL_WVARCHAR
SQL_WLONGVARCHAR
Not applicable.
SQL_XML
Not applicable.