Required to set fixed lengths for the following data types:
Optional to set maximum lengths for the following data types:
Ignored for other data types because they have predefined widths.
Examples
"MONEY" has 10 digits with 2 decimal places.
"NUMBER" has a fixed width of 32 decimal digits.
"LVARCHAR", "LVARBINARY", and "JSON" are variable-length up to 2GB in size.
"fieldScale"
It is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point.