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  3. September 2002

RE: BIGINT Field Size

Uh, no.  Thirty-one digits equates to a number in the ninetillion (term?)
range or septillions with four decimal places.  Even Bill Gates doesn't need
numbers that large. :) The possible combinations of decimal precision and
significant digits seem more than adequate for a business environment to me.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
The Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
DFisher@roomstoreeast.com

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BTW, do you think there's any need to go beyond 31 digits?  (Going
further would require significant support from a number of other
components, such as database, W-Code, and translator.)
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