5.3.2 Decimal

A Decimal Value is a encoded as an xs:complexType with the following XML schema:

<xs:complexType name="Decimal">
  <xs:sequence>
    <xs:element name="TypeId" type="tns:NodeId" minOccurs="0" />
    <xs:element name="Body" minOccurs="0">
      <xs:complexType>
        <xs:sequence>
    			<xs:element name="Scale" type="xs:short" />
    			<xs:element name="Value" type="xs:string" />
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>
  </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

The NodeId is always the NodeId of the Decimal DataType. When encoded in a Variant the Decimal is encoded as an ExtensionObject. Arrays of Decimals are Arrays of ExtensionObjects.

The Value is a base-10 signed integer with no limit on size. See 5.1.10 for a description of the Scale and Value fields.