Subject Altering Numeric datatype to Numeric (15,5)
Hi to one and All.In my working database some columns are created with Numeric datatype whose precision and scale is Numeric(15,2) where I want only 2 decimals.So if I am trying to Alter the scale of that column ie to Numeric(15,5) SQL is throwing the error like below

Unsuccessful metadata update
Newscale specified for the column must be at most 2

I used the below query to Alter the scale

ALTER TABLE EMP ALTER NOTINT TYPE Numeric(15,5)

If I am trying to create the column with Numeric(15,5) it is working fine.

But I want to alter the columns whose scale is Numeric(15,2) to Numeric(15,5) through coding..It is giving the above error.Please can any one help me regarding this..