variable to hold value more than a billion

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sai krishna - 24 Dec 2007 15:36 GMT

Hi,
Can anyone suggest a datatype to hold a decimal value (2 decimal point
precision) that can be upto 100 billion

Sai

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Patricia Shanahan - 24 Dec 2007 15:42 GMT

> Hi,
> Can anyone suggest a datatype to hold a decimal value (2 decimal point
> precision) that can be upto 100 billion

BigDecimal with scale two.

You could also use a long, but you would have to manage the scaling
yourself.

Patricia

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