16.20 - Numeric Results and Rounding - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
16.20
Published
March 2019
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2020-03-25
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When computing an expression, numeric results that are not exact are rounded, not truncated.

For more information on rounding rules and how the RoundHalfwayMagUp and RoundNumberAsDec fields in DBSControl affect rounding, see “Numeric Data Types” in Teradata Vantage™ Data Types and Literals, B035-1143 and “DBS Control utility” in Teradata Vantage™ - Database Utilities , B035-1102 .