The OraNumber
interface provides methods for operations on the Oracle Number
data types. This interface exposes a set of math operations that provide greater precision than is available in some programming environments, such as Visual Basic.
The OraNumber
object can be obtained through the CreateOraNumber
method of the OraSession
object or by calling the Clone
method on an existing OraNumber
.
All of the methods of the OraNumber
object that take a numeric argument accept a string, another numeric type, such as a long
in Visual Basic, or another OraNumber
object.
Note:
If a Visual Basic numeric value (or constant) is used as an argument, it is limited to the maximum precision provided by the language.The OraNumber
on which the math operation is called holds the result of the operation (overwriting any previous value). If a Format
was specified (through the Format
property), the value of an OraNumber
must match this format or an error is raised when the Value
property is accessed.
A scientific calculator example program is included as part on the samples installed with Oracle Objects for OLE. See "Demonstration Schema and Code Examples".
See Also:
OraSession Object