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Re: [OT] Lack of IEEE values in Oracle

From: Murray Peterson <mwp_at_home.com.invalid>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 00:40:05 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns914FB44083C44farkle@24.71.223.45>


Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com> wrote in news:9s4k0u0puk_at_drn.newsguy.com:

> In article <Xns914F91C154058farkle_at_24.71.223.45>, Murray says...

>>
>>The problem is (crudely) solvable in Oracle, but only if we do some
>>serious bit manipulations -- split the double up into several integers
>>and store those, and rebuild the double on retrieval. BTW, if you want
>>to see some

>
> or stuff them in a RAW, don't do any conversion.

I could, but the easiest (and best) solution is to use something other than Oracle.

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Murray Peterson
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Received on Sun Nov 04 2001 - 18:40:05 CST

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