pls_integer datatype.

Hi,

when doing stuff like:

select count(x)
  into variable
  from table;

i usually define the variable type as just plain ol integer.. will changing that to pls_integer cause any implicit datatype conversions to be done in the into, and thus should it be avoided?

the same goes for procs/functions returning integers or binary_integers .. does assigning them to a pls_integer do an implicit conversion ?

thanks.

Daz.

using Oracle 8.1.7.2 Received on Sat Oct 26 2002 - 05:49:32 CDT