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@@MAX_PRECISION (Transact-SQL)

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Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance

Returns the precision level used by decimal and numeric data types as currently set in the server.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

syntaxsql 
@@MAX_PRECISION

Return Types

tinyint

Remarks

By default, the maximum precision returns 38.

Examples

SQL 
SELECT @@MAX_PRECISION AS 'Max Precision'

See Also

Configuration Functions (Transact-SQL)
decimal and numeric (Transact-SQL)
Precision, Scale, and Length (Transact-SQL)