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Re: float storage

From: Jeff Kish <jeff.kish_at_mro.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:05:05 -0400
Message-ID: <hj7g63licmt9tie2v74m3upvl8o5ca70kn@4ax.com> 





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I did notice that if I converted to number and then tried to 
convert to float, that I got this message:



ORA-01440: column to be modified must be empty to decrease precision or scale



which I guess implies that number has more capacity than float.
Jeff Kish
Received on Thu Jun 07 2007 - 10:05:05 CDT












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