Re: Primary key type selection

From: Rajagopal Venkataramany <rajagopalvr_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 03:03:22 GMT
Message-Id: <10497.105604@fatcity.com>

Hi,

  The first advantage is the space saving. A number field takes less no.   of bytes than a varchar2 field. This decrease in storage may   positively impact performance...

Regards
Rajagopal Venkataramany

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From: Alex Hillman <alex_hillman_at_physia.com> Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Subject: Primary key type selection
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:54:12 -0800

Is there any advantages and disadvantages (performance? , ...) between NUMBER and VARCHAR2 for primary key column?

Alex Hillman

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