ingres_field_scale

Get the scale of a field

&reftitle.description; `int` `ingres_field_scale` `resource` `result` `int` `index`

`ingres_field_scale` returns the scale of a field. This value is used only for the decimal SQL data type. For detailed information, see the Ingres `OpenAPI User Guide`, Appendix `"Data Types"` in the Ingres documentation.

### Related Configurations

See ingres.array_index_start in Runtime Configuration

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`result`

- The query result identifier

`index`

- `index` is the field whose scale will be retrieved.

  The possible values of `index` depend upon the value of ingres.array_index_start. If ingres.array_index_start is `1` (the default) then `index` must be between `1` and the value returned by `ingres_num_fields`. If ingres.array_index_start is `0` then `index` must be between `0` and `ingres_num_fields``- 1`.

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Returns the scale of the field, as an integer

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- `ingres_query`
- `ingres_fetch_array`
- `ingres_fetch_assoc`
- `ingres_fetch_object`
- `ingres_fetch_row`