INT - Signed integer or decimal number

ODABA considers decimal values the same way as binary values by defining a size and a precision. The size for an integer value defines the number of significant digits. The precision defines the number of positions behind the decimal point. Negative precision allow defining a decimal factor. Both, precision and positions describe the decimal presentation of the value, i.e. int(6,2) defines decimal numbers between -9999.99 and +9999.99. Nevertheless, integer values are stored as binary numbers.

The storage size for integer numbers results from the defined size for the integer:

• 1 - 3: 1 byte

• 4 - 5: 2 byte

• 6 - 10: 4 byte

• 11 - 19: 8 byte

In ODL one may, however, also define the standard names for integer values, which is converted automatically into size and precision.