INF: Conventions dbconvert() Uses to Convert FLOAT to CHAR

ID Number: Q69450

1.10 1.11 4.20

OS/2

Summary:

The DB-LIBRARY (db-lib) function dbconvert() makes use of the C

run-time library function gcvt() to convert floating-point numbers to

a string. The following convention is used:

- Numbers less than 0.1 are represented in exponential format.

- Numbers greater than or equal to 0.1 with 18 or less significant

digits are represented in decimal format. Numbers having more than

18 significant digits are represented in exponential format.

Additional reference words: dblib