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Subject: DB2 Table: Is there any valid reason to create a zoned decimal column?
From: "Osborne, Wynn" <Wynn.Osborne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 20:25:19 +0000
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Hi all,

This question arose within me while putting together some database standards for my team.
I cannot think of valid reason why I would ever this

What about you? Have you come across a scenario where this was good choice?

Regards,

Wynn Osborne
Senior IBM i Programmer-Analyst,Database Administrator
The Villages

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