Bigdecimal, result set question

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> What object should I use in place of BigDecimal, since the compiler says
> it's being deprecated?  ... I know I can turn the warning off, but I
> figure there must be a better object for decimal (business) precision, if
> there removing the object...
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> Also, when I retrieve a result set, how do I determine, its was defined on
> the as/400 as a character or number, before I read the column.  I'm trying
> to populate a spread sheet and want my program to work no matter what
> table there reading, so I didn't want to hard code the column values...
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> Thanks, tim
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