How to store NUMERIC value as given in SQL Server

Question

In Oracle when you have a NUMBER data type and do not specify precision and scale like NUMBER(18,2) for example and use it like this NUMBER instead it will store the value as given.

From the manual

If a precision is not specified, the column stores values as given

Now I want to know if there is a way to let NUMERIC data type in SQL Server do the same. I have to use NUMERIC and not DECIMAL or other data types and I am not allowed to specify the precision or scale since I have no possibility to test if the data that will be used will cause errors because I have no access to the data. I just know that the data did not cause any trouble with our Oracle database which uses only NUMBER datatype without any specifications.

Answer 1

No, numeric needs a precision and scale and has defaults if none are set. Simple like that.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/data-types/decimal-and-numeric-transact-sql?view=sql-server-2017

Quote:

decimal[ (p[ ,s] )] and numeric[ (p[ ,s] )] Fixed precision and scale numbers. When maximum precision is used, valid values are from - 10^38 +1 through 10^38 - 1. The ISO synonyms for decimal are dec and dec(p, s). numeric is functionally equivalent to decimal.

Like often, documentation is your friend.