OpenEdge Development: <br />Web Services DECIMAL

Table D–5 describes the supported castings in each 4GL parameter mode (INPUT and OUTPUT) between the 4GL DECIMAL type and XML Schema.

Table D–5: 4GL data type cast—DECIMAL
For this XML Schema type...	In this 4GL parameter mode...	OpenEdge...
string normalizedString	INPUT	Serializes the 4GL parameter into the SOAP request message according to the XML Schema serialization rules.
string normalizedString	OUTPUT	De-serializes the string value from the SOAP response message into the 4GL parameter as if the 4GL `DECIMAL( )` function was called on the string.
boolean	INPUT	Serializes a 4GL `DECIMAL` value of 0 to `false` and all other values for the 4GL parameter to `true`.
boolean	OUTPUT	De-serializes a value of `false` to a 4GL `DECIMAL` value of 0, and de-serializes a value of `true` to a `DECIMAL` value of 1.
decimal	INPUT	Serializes the 4GL parameter into the SOAP request message according to the XML Schema serialization rules.
decimal	OUTPUT	De-serializes the XML Schema value into the 4GL parameter according to the XML Schema serialization rules. If the XML Schema `decimal` value overflows the 4GL `DECIMAL`, OpenEdge raises a run-time error.
float double	INPUT	Serializes the 4GL `DECIMAL` value according to XML Schema serialization rules. Some of the least significant digits might be lost.
float double	OUTPUT	De-serializes the XML Schema value to the equivalent 4GL `DECIMAL` value. If the value is outside the range of the 4GL `DECIMAL`, OpenEdge raises a run-time error.
integer nonPositiveInteger negativeInteger long int short byte nonNegativeInteger unsignedLong unsignedInt unsignedShort unsignedByte positiveInteger	INPUT	Rounds the 4GL `DECIMAL` value to an `integer` and serializes the result based on the serialization rules for the XML Schema type. Data might be lost. If the `DECIMAL` value is outside the valid range of the XML Schema type, OpenEdge raises a run-time error.
	OUTPUT	De-serializes the XML Schema value into the 4GL parameter as if the 4GL `DECIMAL( )` function was called on the value. If the value in the SOAP response message is outside the range of the `DECIMAL` type, OpenEdge raises a run-time error.