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Resolved Retrieval argument data types

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  1. Rebecca Tollfree
    Rebecca Tollfree
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  3. Thursday, 1 April 2021 09:33 AM UTC

Hi

I am working with retrieval arguments on a datawindow

i am using a number datatype, and have noticed that the datawindow corrupts if I put in a really big number (32bit). If I change the data type to decimal there is no problem

 

I have been trying to find the difference between these two datatypes in retrieval arguments but I cannot find the documentation

Does anyone know what the upper limit of the number datatype is in a 32 bit environment, and the range for the decimal data type in comparison?

 

Thanks :)

 

 

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Chris Pollach
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  1. Thursday, 1 April 2021 16:54 PM UTC
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Hi Rebecca;

  FYI: The DWO's NUMBER data type only supports 18 digits. So Matt's suspicions were correct.

HTH

Regards ... Chris

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Matthew Balent
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  1. Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:35 PM UTC
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  3. # 1

From the Help on 'Standard Datatypes':

Decimal or Dec

Signed decimal numbers, positive or negative, with up to 28 digits. You can place the decimal point anywhere within the 28 digits -- for example, 123.456, 0.000000000000000000000001 or 12345678901234.5678901234.

 

There isn't anything I found on 'Number' but I assume it is less than 28 digits...

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Rebecca Tollfree
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  1. Tuesday, 6 April 2021 07:10 AM UTC
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  3. # 2

This is exactly the sort of info I was looking for - thanks guys! :)

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