Re: MICROSOFTDTPROPERTIES

Another fine example of vendor cluelessness in picking scale for number datatypes.
NUMBER(7,0) should be quite sufficient for CRASH_INTERVAL_SECONDS and AUTO_DATA_CORRUPT_INTERVAL_SECONDS!

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 4:35 PM

> <Joking>
>
> I think we've stumbled on to something...
>
> SQL> desc MICROSOFTDPROPERTIES;
> Name Null? Type
> ----------------------------------- -------- --------------------
> PROPERTY_ID NUMBER(38,0)
> FIRST_CRASH_DATE DATE
> NEXT_CRASH_DATE DATE
> TOTAL_CRASH_NUMBER_SETTING LONG
> NONSENSICAL_HEX_ERROR_CODE VARCHAR2(38)
> CRASH_INTERVAL_SECONDS NUMBER(38,0)
> SECURITY_LOOPHOLE_ID NUMBER(38,0)
> SECURITY_LOOPHOLE_DESC VARCHAR2(250)
> AUTO_DATA_PURGE_INTERVAL_SECONDS NUMBER(38,0)
> AUTO_DATA_CORRUPT_INTERVAL_SECONDS NUMBER(38,0)
>
> </joking>
>
> > I have developers who have created this table. Now they've come to me to
> > find out what the table does. I think it is used by the Microsoft
> > Transaction Server software. Does anyone know for sure the purpose of
the
> > MICROSOFTDTPROPERTIES table?
> >
> > Michael Armstead
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> > Glaxo SmithKline
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