Not counting legacy reasons for already available systems, I think that this is because many did not learn about the available data types and just stay with what they know, others because did think that are the same, and others because they don't care.
I know some of those guys, btw. 2018-04-04 21:43 GMT+02:00 <[email protected]>: > VFP9 > > I don't see why folks would use Numeric(X,0) where X > 4 instead of an > Integer field. Can you tell me why? I'm guessing it's leftover legacy > design? > > tia, > --Mike > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAGQ_Ju=z_kq0vgh1uwvd7xgjexu_eu0kbqn3o3ggdshwadz...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
