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Clean up some bad grammar and punctuation in description of ecpg's decimal

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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml,v 1.104 2010/08/17 04:37:20 petere Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml,v 1.105 2010/09/02 14:46:44 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="ecpg">
<title><application>ECPG</application> - Embedded <acronym>SQL</acronym> in C</title>
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<xref linkend="datatype-numeric"> for the equivalent type in the
<productname>PostgreSQL</> server. Because of the arbitrary precision this
variable needs to be able to expand and shrink dynamically. That's why you
can only create variables on the heap by means of the
can only create numeric variables on the heap, by means of the
<function>PGTYPESnumeric_new</> and <function>PGTYPESnumeric_free</>
functions. The decimal type, which is similar but limited in the precision,
functions. The decimal type, which is similar but limited in precision,
can be created on the stack as well as on the heap.
</para>
<para>
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<title>The decimal type</title>
<para>
The decimal type is similar to the numeric type. However it is limited to
a maximal precision of 30 significant digits. In contrast to the numeric
a maximum precision of 30 significant digits. In contrast to the numeric
type which can be created on the heap only, the decimal type can be
created either on the stack or on the heap (by means of the functions
<function>PGTYPESdecimal_new()</> and <function>PGTYPESdecimal_free()</>. There are a lot of other
functions that deal with the decimal type in the <productname>Informix</productname> compatibility
mode described in <xref linkend="ecpg-informix-compat">.
<function>PGTYPESdecimal_new</> and
<function>PGTYPESdecimal_free</>).
There are a lot of other functions that deal with the decimal type in the
<productname>Informix</productname> compatibility mode described in <xref
linkend="ecpg-informix-compat">.
</para>
<para>
The following functions can be used to work with the decimal type and are