Subtype | Usage |
POSITIVE | Allows only positive integers to be stored, up to the maximum of 2,147,483,647. Zero is not considered a positive number, and so is not an allowed value. |
NATURAL | Allows only natural numbers to be stored, which includes zero. Allowed values are 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on up to the maximum of 2,147,483,647. |
POSITIVEn | Like POSITIVE but cannot be null. |
NATURALn | Like NATURAL but cannot be null. |
SIGNTYPE | Restricts a variable to only the values -1, 0, and 1. |
21.33.BINARY_INTEGER DOUBLE FLOAT | ||||
21.33.1. | BINARY_INTEGER | |||
21.33.2. | BINARY_INTEGER Subtypes | |||
21.33.3. | BINARY_INTEGER in action | |||
21.33.4. | NUMBER and BINARY_INTEGER Data types | |||
21.33.5. | Using BINARY_FLOAT and BINARY_DOUBLE for complex calculations |