You control the floating point format that is used at run-time using either of the following:
- mainframe_floating_point tunable. See
mainframe_floating_point for more information.
- MAINFRAME_FLOATING_POINT environment variable. See
the section
The MAINFRAME_FLOATING_POINT Environment Variablethe chapter
Environment Variables in your User's Guide for more information.
If both are specified, the setting of the MAINFRAME_FLOATING_POINT environment variable overrides the setting of the mainframe_floating_point tunable.