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Asked: 2026-05-20T15:13:08+00:00

CREATE TABLE CMCAPACITY(CMPATH VARCHAR(4000)NOT NULL, CAPACITY FLOAT(128), USAGE SMALLINT NOT NULL); I am getting

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CREATE TABLE "CMCAPACITY"("CMPATH" VARCHAR(4000)NOT NULL,
        "CAPACITY" FLOAT(128), "USAGE" SMALLINT NOT NULL);

I am getting “Precision error in FLOAT type constant or during implicit conversions.”

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try going with just FLOAT without anything afterwards. The Teradata data types documentation doesn’t show any use for brackets. Testing on the database also indicates that it’s not taken into account, as they can store the same values and result in the same column metadata.

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