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Re: How many bytes does the number data type take internally?

From: Joerg Lanzinger <lanzinge_at_in.tum.de>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:18:52 +0200
Message-ID: <378C802C.68AF2C3E@in.tum.de> 





> How do you calculate it?




There is a function VSIZE that returns the bytes allocated by an entry.
You'll have to use something like AVG(VSIZE(my_column)) to get an usable
value.



Hth


  Joerg
Received on Wed Jul 14 1999 - 07:18:52 CDT












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