From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Fri Mar 12 14:18:21 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i2CKILj16853 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:18:21 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i2CKIKo16830 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:18:20 -0600 Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id DB0CC394EB1; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:17:35 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:16:10 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from amer-mta01.csc.com (amer-mta01.csc.com [20.137.2.247]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 7AE5D394E5A for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:16:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from csc.com (va-fch34.csc.com [20.6.39.227]) by amer-mta01.csc.com (Switch-3.1.2/Switch-3.1.0) with ESMTP id i2CKO7ZB017857 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:24:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from computer-qd3rtm.yahoo.com ([20.4.114.43]) by csc.com (Lotus Domino Release 6.0.3) with ESMTP id 2004031215230015-10882 ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:23:00 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.2.20040312152029.01aaa270@pop.netaddress.com> X-Sender: (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:21:18 -0500 To: oracle-l@freelists.org From: Maryann Atkinson Subject: Re: Function to compress text, not encrypt In-Reply-To: <001501c4086e$9e1fde90$2501a8c0@dazasoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on VA-FCH34/SRV/CSC(Release 6.0.3|September 26, 2003) at 03/12/2004 03:23:00 PM, Serialize by Router on VA-FCH34/SRV/CSC(Release 6.0.3|September 26, 2003) at 03/12/2004 03:23:01 PM, Serialize complete at 03/12/2004 03:23:01 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-archive-position: 739 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: maryann_30@yahoo.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l What are you going to be compressing? Numbers or strings? 11 is a two-digit number, are there more of the same? maa At 03:14 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote: >Hi, is there a function to compress test >for example 11 you can compress to K (11th letter). >to optimize storage in data rarely queried. > >Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------