# NUMERIC

NUMERIC is a synonym for DECIMAL and behaves the same way. See DECIMAL.

#### Syntax

    NUMERIC [(precision [, scale ])]

#### Corresponding compile-time Java type

java.math.BigDecimal

#### JDBC metadata Ttype (java.sql.Types)

NUMERIC

    123.456
    .001

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