f the scale of a value to be stored is greater than the declared
     scale of the column, the system will round the value to the specified
     number of fractional digits.  Then, if the number of digits to the
     left of the decimal point exceeds the declared precision minus the
     declared scale, an error is raised.
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>     Numeric values are physically stored without any extra leading or
     trailing zeroes.  Thus, the declared precision and scale of a column
     are maximums, not fixed 