SMALLFLOAT
The SMALLFLOAT data type stores values as
single-precision floating-point binary numbers with up to 8 significant
digits.
Syntax
SMALLFLOATSMALLFLOATandREALare synonyms.
Usage
The storage of SMALLFLOAT variables is based on 4 bytes of signed
data ( =32 bits), this type is equivalent to the float data type in C.
The SMALLFLOAT data type is not recommended for exact decimal storage; use the
DECIMAL data type instead.
SMALLFLOAT variables are initialized to zero in functions, modules
and globals.
SMALLFLOAT values can be converted to strings based on the DBFORMAT (or DBMONEY) environment variable
setting.
Data type conversion can be controlled by catching the runtime exceptions. For more details, see Handling type conversion errors.