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title: "What does numeric (6,2) means in sql server ?"  
description: "What does numeric (6,2) means in sql server ?"  
author: "Sushant Mishra"  
published: 2017-09-14  
updated: 2017-09-14  
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category: "database"  
tags: ["sql server", "sql server 2008", "sql server 2012"]  
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# What does numeric (6,2) means in sql server ?

What does numeric (6,2) means in [sql server](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12999/what-is-table-valued-function-in-sql-server) ?\

What is 6 and 2 in this ..please help I am very confuse

## Replies

### Reply by Samuel Fernandes

In this first parameter is the precision and second is the scale.

Means total of 6 digit and 2 digit after the decimal

Example numeric(4,2)

1111.22


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