DB2 Version 10.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

DB2Decimal Structure

Represents the DECIMAL DB2® data type. Encapsulates the decimal .NET data type if maxium precision is 29 digits, and the string data type if maximum precision is 31 digits.

Namespace:: IBM®.Data.DB2Types
Assembly:: IBM.Data.DB2 (in IBM.Data.DB2.dll)

Syntax

[Visual Basic]
Public Structure DB2Decimal
[C#]
public struct DB2Decimal
[C++]
public value class DB2Decimal

Example

[C#] The following example demonstrates how to retrieve a single DECIMAL column value from a table.

[C#]
  public static string getParam(DB2Connection conn)
  {
    string mySelectQuery = "SELECT * FROM EMPLOYEE";
    DB2Command myCommand = new DB2Command(mySelectQuery, conn);
    DB2DataReader reader = myCommand.ExecuteReader();

    if (reader.Read())
    {
      DB2Decimal selectValue = reader.GetDB2Decimal(11);

      if (!selectValue.IsNull) { return selectValue.ToString(); }
    }

    return "NULL";
  }

Thread safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Version information

Last update: This topic was last updated for: IBM DB2 Version 9.5
.NET Framework version: Supported in: 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0
IBM Data Server Client: Supported in: IBM DB2 Version 9