ut any precision or scale creates a column in which numeric
     values of any precision and scale can be stored, up to the
     implementation limit on precision.  A column of this kind will
     not coerce input values to any particular scale, whereas
     <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>numeric</TT
> columns with a declared scale will coerce
     input values to that scale.  (The <ACRONYM
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SQL</ACRONYM
> standard
     requires a default scale of 0, i.e., coercion to integer
     precision.  We find thi