<entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
<structfield>character_maximum_length</structfield> <type>cardinal_number</type>
</para>
<para>
If <literal>data_type</literal> identifies a character or bit
string type, the declared maximum length; null for all other
data types or if no maximum length was declared.
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
<structfield>character_octet_length</structfield> <type>cardinal_number</type>
</para>
<para>
If <literal>data_type</literal> identifies a character type,
the maximum possible length in octets (bytes) of a datum; null
for all other data types. The maximum octet length depends on
the declared character maximum length (see above) and the
server encoding.
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
<structfield>numeric_precision</structfield> <type>cardinal_number</type>
</para>
<para>
If <literal>data_type</literal> identifies a numeric type, this
column contains the (declared or implicit) precision of the
type for this column. The precision indicates the number of
significant digits. It can be expressed in decimal (base 10)
or binary (base 2) terms, as specified in the column
<literal>numeric_precision_radix</literal>. For all other data
types, this column is null.
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
<structfield>numeric_precision_radix</structfield> <type>cardinal_number</type>
</para>
<para>
If <literal>data_type</literal> identifies a numeric type, this
column indicates in which base the values in the columns
<literal>numeric_precision</literal> and
<literal>numeric_scale</literal> are expressed. The value is
either 2 or 10. For all other data types, this column is null.
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
<structfield>numeric_scale</structfield> <type>cardinal_number</type>
</para>
<para>
If <literal>data_type</literal> identifies an exact numeric
type, this column contains the (declared or implicit) scale of
the type for this column. The scale indicates the number of
significant digits to the right of the decimal point. It can
be expressed in decimal (base 10) or binary (base 2) terms, as
specified in the column
<literal>numeric_precision_radix</literal>. For all other data
types, this column is null.
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
<structfield>datetime_precision</structfield> <type>cardinal_number</type>
</para>
<para>
If <literal>data_type</literal> identifies a date, time,
timestamp, or interval type, this column contains the (declared
or implicit) fractional seconds precision of the type for this
column, that is, the number of decimal digits maintained
following the decimal point in the seconds value. For all
other data types, this column is null.
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
<structfield>interval_type</structfield> <type>character_data</type>
</para>
<para>
If <literal>data_type</literal> identifies an interval type,
this column contains the specification which fields the
intervals include for this column, e.g., <literal>YEAR TO
MONTH</literal>, <literal>DAY TO SECOND</literal>, etc. If no
field restrictions were specified (that is, the interval
accepts