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Re: Is there any predefined Oracle constants there denominate very large number ?

From: Syltrem <syltremzulu_at_videotron.ca>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:30:17 -0500
Message-ID: <11op40slq3ria32@corp.supernews.com> 






"Mark D Powell" <Mark.Powell_at_eds.com> wrote in message 
news:1133211897.154483.218430_at_g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...


> Ranko, Daniel is correct in that your subject line is not a clear

> question.




He probably once was (or still is) a Cobol programmer.
There are LOW-VALUE and HIGH-VALUE reserved words defined in Cobol



MOVE HIGH-VALUE to some-variable would move FFFF (hex) to a longword for 
example.



And no, I don't think Oracle has such a constant name.



Syltrem
Received on Tue Nov 29 2005 - 11:30:17 CST












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