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numberic column size

From: Jun FAN <jun-fj_fan_at_hp.com>
Date: 28 Feb 2001 05:42:18 GMT
Message-ID: <97i33q$bpb$1@ctss92.sgp.hp.com> 






Hi all,



I was told that in Oracle the number(n) type column will occupy exactly the 
same number of n bytes, say number(6) will occupy 6 bytes and number(10,2) 
will be 10. Is it true? I can't find any hint in the oracle documents.



Thanks for any explanation.



Regards
Received on Tue Feb 27 2001 - 23:42:18 CST












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