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 <td><p>DECIMAL</p></td>
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+<td><p>12 bytes</p></td>
 <td><p>An exact numeric data type that holds values from 1028 - 1 through - 1028 - 1. You can define both precision (1 - 28) and scale (0 - defined precision). The default precision and scale are 18 and 0, respectively.</p></td>
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