numeric and decimal

I am using SQL 2000. What is the difference between a numeric type and
decimal type data? Are they interchangeable?Hi,
In SQL Server, the numeric data type is equivalent to the decimal data type.
Thanks
Hari
SQL Server MVP
" -00Eric Clapton" <a@.b.com> wrote in message
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>I am using SQL 2000. What is the difference between a numeric type and
>decimal type data? Are they interchangeable?
>