# decimal

fun decimal(name: String, precision: Int, scale: Int): Column<BigDecimal>

Creates a numeric column, with the specified name, for storing numbers with the specified precision and scale.

To store the decimal `123.45`, precision would have to be set to 5 (as there are five digits in total) and scale to 2 (as there are two digits behind the decimal point).

#### Parameters

name

Name of the column.

precision

Total count of significant digits in the whole number, that is, the number of digits to both sides of the decimal point.

scale

Count of decimal digits in the fractional part.