L"
>NaN</TT
>
      values.
     </P
></BLOCKQUOTE
></DIV
><P
>     The types <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>decimal</TT
> and <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>numeric</TT
> are
     equivalent.  Both types are part of the <ACRONYM
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SQL</ACRONYM
>
     standard.
    </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="DATATYPE-FLOAT"
>8.1.3. Floating-Point Types</A
></H2
><P
>     The data types <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>real</TT
> and <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>double
     precision</TT
> are inexact, variable-precision numeric