Is there any difference between DECIMAL and NUMERIC in SQL Server?

Question

Is there any difference between DECIMAL and NUMERIC data types in SQL Server?

When should I use DECIMAL and when NUMERIC?

Answer 1

They are synonyms, no difference at all.Decimal and Numeric data types are numeric data types with fixed precision and scale.

-- Initialize a variable, give it a data type and an initial value

declare @myvar as decimal(18,8) or numeric(18,8)----- 9 bytes needed

-- Increse that the vaue by 1

set @myvar = 123456.7

--Retrieve that value

select @myvar as myVariable