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FUNCTIONS / MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

scale

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Scale of the argument (the number of decimal digits in the fractional part)

Signatures & examples

scale ( numeric ) → integer
Scale of the argument (the number of decimal digits in the fractional part)
scale(8.4100) → 4
Version history 2
  1. PG 12 → 13changed
  2. PG 9.5 → 9.6added

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source