RE: Problem Found! Need solution

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Scott Klement
>
> It shouldn't take an expert like Jon to explain why BINARY(4) is different
> from 4B...  it has, after all, been discussed here *MANY* times before.

I didn't ask why the 4B and BINARY(4) were different, Scott.

What I asked was why a 4B field is the same size as a 5I field, but not the
same size as a 5B field, which is even more confusing than the 4B/BINARY(4)
mismatch.  You've alluded to the fact that it has to do with decimal
precision.  A 5I field can hold any decimal representation of a two-byte
binary field, which can in turn hold any four-digit decimal number (4B).

I think I understand it, but it's not particularly intuitive.

Joe