Indicates the number of decimal places, after the decimal point, that are stored for a buffer-field object that corresponds to a DECIMAL field. Valid values are zero (0) to ten (10). When DECIMALS is explicitly set (or is inherited from a database field via LIKE), the AVM rounds off any value that you assign via the BUFFER-VALUE() method of a buffer field handle (or via the "::" syntax on a buffer handle) to the specified number of decimal places before completing the assignment. If DECIMALS is not set, the AVM rounds the value off to 10 decimal places if necessary.

If the WRITE-XML() method is used on the object containing the buffer field, then the XML Document generated will write the decimal field with the number of decimal places specified.

Note: The AVM determines the number of decimal places to display, as opposed to store, from the FORMAT attribute (not the DECIMALS attribute) of the buffer-field.

Data type: INTEGER

Access: Readable/Writeable; Read-only if the buffer-field object handle is for a database field

Applies to: Buffer-field object handle