What type should I use to store values like "999999.99" in Cassandra?

I wanna add a price column to my table to be able to store values from 0.0 to 999999.99. I tried price DECIMAL(8,2) but it seems it doesn't work. How can I store such a value? I am also wondering to know if there would be any pre-post processing needed after that because I use NodeJS/TypeScript in backend that handles all numeric values using number` type! I also like to know if is it a better idea to use string type insted? EDIT: For example if I try CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS products.test( id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, price DECIMAL(8,2)); I get: > SyntaxException: line 3:15 no viable alternative at input '(' (... > TEXT PRIMARY KEY, price [DECIMAL](...) But the following works with no problems: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS products.test( id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, price INT);