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Numeric data types

Numeric data types

HCL Informix® database servers support the following numeric data types:

Integer data types: SMALLINT, INTEGER, INT8, SERIAL, SERIAL8
The Boolean data type
Fixed-point data types: DECIMAL and MONEY
Floating-point data types: SMALLFLOAT and FLOAT

These topics contain information about working with numeric data types:

Informix ESQL/C data types to use as host variables for SQL numeric data types
Characteristics of Informix ESQL/C numeric data types
Formatting masks, which you can use to format numeric data types
Informix ESQL/C library functions that you can use to manipulate numeric data types

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