GetScale Method

Applies To
OField

Description
This method returns the scale of the number field.

Usage
int GetScale(void) const

Remarks
In an Oracle database, one column data type is number. If a field has a data type of number, it has two additional attributes: scale and precision. The scale is the number of decimal digits to the right of the decimal point. It can range (in Oracle) from -84 to 127.

Scale has no meaning for non-number fields.

Return Value
The scale of the number field. On error (which includes calling this method on a non-number field) a 0 is returned.