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In the Oracle OCI book.
MarcM
Mark Huebner wrote in message <37b8c893.7039602_at_news.sprynet.com>...
>Could somebody tell me what the size of Oracle 7/8 data types is? Is
>this information in any book? Is a NUMBER data type always 16 bytes
>long? Does Oracle store numbers in less space (less than 16 bytes) if
>the precision is specified (e.g., NUMBER(5,2))? Does a NUMBER(5,2)
>take less space than a NUMBER(8,3)? How big is a SMALLINT, a DATE,
>etc? Are there any performance considerations?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Mark Huebner
>mkhuebner_at_sprynet.com
Received on Tue Aug 17 1999 - 10:08:32 CDT