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Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide
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OCI Datatype Mapping and Manipulation Functions, 75 of 134


OCINumberDec()

Purpose

Decrements an OCINumber.

Syntax

sword OCINumberDec ( OCIError *err, 
               OCINumber *number );

Parameters

err (IN/OUT)

The OCI error handle. If there is an error, it is recorded in err and this function returns OCI_ERROR. Obtain diagnostic information by calling OCIErrorGet().

number (IN/OUT)

A positive Oracle number to be decremented.

Comments

Decrements an Oracle number in place. It is assumed that the input is an integer between 0 and 100^21-2. If the is input too large, it will be treated as 0 - the result will be an Oracle number 1. If the input is not a positive integer, the result will be unpredictable.

This function returns an error if the input number is null.

Related Functions

OCINumberInc()


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