Re: number vs. number(4)

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr_at_www.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:38:31 +1100
Message-ID: <3a6e31ed$1@news.iprimus.com.au>

Unqualified number fields are up to 38 digits in length (and hence approximately 38 bytes variable), and qualified ones are up to the qualifier in length. It comes down, in the end, to saving space within the row.

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HJR <berj_kacherian_not_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:94la6b$v4j$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> While creating a table you may choose to specify the length of a
> numeric column or you may choose to not specify it.
>
> What is the difference between
>
> number
>
> and
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> number(4)
>
> What are the advantages or disadvantages of using one or the other?
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Received on Tue Jan 23 2001 - 19:38:31 CST