Space Estimation & Performance (numbers)

From: Walter K <alden14004_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 10:04:50 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003096C7.20010521095613@fatcity.com>

Hi,

How do I calculate the amount of physical space required for storing a number? (i.e. NUMBER, NUMBER(5), NUMBER(10,5), etc.) I believe Oracle uses "2's compliment" for storing numbers. A value of 10000 does not seem to take up the same amount of space as 99999.

TIA!
-wk

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