| FixedPointDecimal |
A fixed point decimal data type that has the following qualities: 1) Uses a Int32 to hold the value (4 bytes versus the native decimal's 16 bytes). 2) Defines a fixed number of six digits after the decimal place. 3) Allows a null value to be represented, requiring a single bit to allocated for this. The range of FixedPointDecimal is -1,073.741823 to 1,073.741823. This can therefore represent all possible values in the SQL data type decimal(9,6). The range takes into into account the null bit and the fixed four digits after the decimal place. Fixed point maths also has the benefit of allowing for far simpler/faster comparison. |