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Re: Storing large numbers, NUMBER datatype questions

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:04:57 +0200
Message-ID: <e2lo9r$tph$3@news1.zwoll1.ov.home.nl> 





tadamsmar_at_yahoo.com wrote:


> We are running into large numbers needing to be stored in some columns.

> 

> Does increasing the precision of a NUMBER increase the storage size?

> 

> What are the consequences of using NUMBER without precision or scale?

> 



Define large.



Lookup number in the SQL users Guide on http://tahiti.oracle.com


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Frank van Bortel

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