Aisha Bukar compares data types:
Numeric data types serve as a foundation in DBMS. It helps represent numbers in different forms which helps in storing and manipulating arithmetic operations on numerical data.
When dealing with numeric data types in databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL, it’s important to understand key concepts like range, precision(fixed-point numbers, floating-point numbers), and storage. This helps you understand how data is stored, processed, and retrieved.
Read on for quick descriptions of the three primary properties of numeric data types (range, precision, and storage), as well as how the two relational database platforms handle numeric data.