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Note that precision is the total number of digits, both left and right of
the decimal point. Scale is the number of digits to the right of the
decimal. Both SQL and RPG will by default drop decimal digits in order to
provide more digits to the left.
(p,s)
(A-B) --> (27,4)
(A-B) / B --> (31,0)
The take away is be careful dealing with small values with large precision.
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