deccvlong()

Converts a 4-byte integer value to a decimal.

Syntax

mint deccvlong(int4 lng, dec_t *np);
  1. lng is the int4 value to convert to a decimal type value.
  2. np is a pointer to a decimal structure to contain the result of the conversion.

Returns

Table 1. Return codes
Code Description
0 The conversion was successful.
<0 The conversion failed.
Important: Even if the function name is "deccvlong", it takes a 4-byte int as argument.