SQLServer Data Types

DECIMAL and NUMERIC

Fixed precision and scale decimal numbers. DECIMAL and NUMERIC are functionally equivalent.

Syntax:

DECIMAL ( precision [ , scale] )
NUMERIC ( precision [ , scale] )

Examples:

SELECT CAST(123 AS DECIMAL(5,2)) --returns 123.00
SELECT CAST(12345.12 AS NUMERIC(10,5)) --returns 12345.12000

FLOAT and REAL

Approximate-number data types for use with floating point numeric data.

SELECT CAST( PI() AS FLOAT) --returns 3.14159265358979
SELECT CAST( PI() AS REAL) --returns 3.141593

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