SetPrecision

This method returns a new OracleDecimal structure with a new specified precision.

Declaration

// C#
public static OracleDecimal SetPrecision(OracleDecimal val, int precision);

Parameters

val

An OracleDecimal structure.
precision

The specified precision. Range of precision is 1 to 38.

Return Value

An OracleDecimal structure.

Remarks

The returned OracleDecimal is rounded off if the specified precision is smaller than the precision of val.

If val has a null value, the returned OracleDecimal has a null value.

Example

// C#
 
using System;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Types;
 
class SetPrecisionSample
{
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    OracleDecimal dec1 = new OracleDecimal(555.6666);
 
    // Set the precision of dec1 to 3
    OracleDecimal dec2 = OracleDecimal.SetPrecision(dec1, 3);
 
    // Prints 556
    Console.WriteLine(dec2.ToString()); 
 
    // Set the precision of dec1 to 4
    OracleDecimal dec3 = OracleDecimal.SetPrecision(dec1, 4);
 
    // Prints 555.7
    Console.WriteLine(dec3.ToString()); 
  }
}