A zoned decimal number. The length is specified as two integers separated by a comma. The first integer is the precision of the number, that is, the total number of digits; it may range from 1 to 63. The second integer is the scale of the number, (the number of digits to the right of the decimal point). It may range from 0 to the precision of the number. You can use NUMERIC(p) for NUMERIC(p,0), and NUMERIC for NUMERIC(5,0).