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On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 17:54:57 GMT, kshave_at_health.gov.mb.ca wrote:
>If you describe v$parameter you discover a column named TYPE which is a NUMBER
>datatype. The documentation simply states that this column is the parameter
>type. What does this number mean? I have distinct values 1,2,3 and 4 in my
>instance but I have no idea what these refer to. Can anybody help?
1 - boolean 2 - string 3 - integer 4 - filename
>-Keith
HTH,
Jurij Modic <jmodic_at_src.si>
Certified Oracle7 DBA (OCP)