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DOUBLE PRECISION

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Syntax

DOUBLE PRECISION[(M,D)] [SIGNED | UNSIGNED | ZEROFILL]
REAL[(M,D)] [SIGNED | UNSIGNED | ZEROFILL]

Description

REAL and DOUBLE PRECISION are synonyms for DOUBLE.

Exception: If the REAL_AS_FLOAT SQL mode is enabled, REAL is a synonym for FLOAT rather than DOUBLE.

See also: Data Types for MariaDB Enterprise Server 11.4, in 10.6 ES, in 10.5 ES, in 10.4 ES, in 10.3 ES, in 10.2 ES, in 10.6 CS, in 10.5 CS, in 10.4 CS, in 10.3 CS, and in 10.2 CS.

EXAMPLES

CREATE TABLE double_precision_example (
  example DOUBLE PRECISION
);

SHOW CREATE TABLE double_precision_example\G
<</code>>

<<sql>>

*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: double_precision_example
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `double_precision_example` (
  `example` double DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1

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