Represent values in sign/magnitude form ranging from 2.226 x 10-308 to 1.797 x 10308.
ANSI Compliance
REAL and DOUBLE PRECISION are in the ANSI SQL:2011 standard. FLOAT is a Teradata synonym for REAL and DOUBLE PRECISION.
Syntax
{ FLOAT | REAL | DOUBLE PRECISION } [ attributes [...] ]
Syntax Elements
- attributes
- Appropriate data type attributes, column storage attributes, or column constraint attributes.