Using either the local or SAS/SHARE OLE DB provider to read a number
that contains 16 digits may round the value at 15 digits or display the
value incorrectly.  This is because the provider stores the data as an
eight-byte, double precision, IEEE standard floating point value.  This
data type is accurate to 15 decimal digits.

This display issue can be seen using the EG client to copy a SAS data
set (that contains a numeric greater than 2^52) from a server where the
option 'Automatically use OLE DB to access' is selected. Other
applications using either the local or the SAS OLE DB provider may show
this as well.

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