s a bit useless.  If you're concerned
     about portability, always specify the precision and scale
     explicitly.)
    </P
><DIV
CLASS="NOTE"
><BLOCKQUOTE
CLASS="NOTE"
><P
><B
>Note: </B
>      The maximum allowed precision when explicitly specified in the
      type declaration is 1000; <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>NUMERIC</TT
> without a specified
      precision is subject to the limits described in <A
HREF="datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-NUMERIC-TABLE"
>Table 8-2</A
>.
     </P
></BLOCKQUOTE
></DIV
><P
>     I