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  3. April 2002

RE: Notation question

Since DDS requires the use of 18,5, I tend to use that in documenting field
lengths.  In addition, I usually place the type of numeric data between the
total length and the decimal places like this:  18P5 (18 long, packed, 5
decimal places).

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

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I said it should look like this:
Price     18,5  (18 total bytes with 5 that are to the right of the decimal)

The other person said it should be like this:
Price     13,5 (13 + 5 = 18)
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