DECIMAL and NUMERIC are two common data types in DB2 that can store exact numeric values with a fixed precision and scale. They are often used for monetary, scientific, or statistical calculations ...

Not all CLR data types can be automatically converted to their equivalent [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] data types through an out parameter, however. The following table lists these exceptions.

Sowohl der DECIMAL-Datentyp als auch der NUMERIC-Datentyp verfügen über zwei Parameter ... DECIMAL and NUMERIC data types in SQL are nearly same. What differentiates the two is the precision ...

This became even easier in SQL Server 2005 with the advent of the XML data type and XQuery. You still need to construct and shred the XML data before you can use it; this is functional but not simple.