he decimal point.  The <I
CLASS="FIRSTTERM"
>precision</I
> of a
     <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>numeric</TT
> is the total count of significant digits in
     the whole number, that is, the number of digits to both sides of
     the decimal point.  So the number 23.5141 has a precision of 6
     and a scale of 4.  Integers can be considered to have a scale of
     zero.
    </P
><P
>     Both the maximum precision and the maximum scale of a
     <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>numeric</TT
> column can be
     configured.  To dec