Re: IEEE 754 support and implications

From: John Hurley <hurleyjohnb_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:33:16 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <409dc358-bd80-4800-a3c3-cc0384786bf5_at_h9g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>



Richard:

# I would like to know more about the purpose, use and misuse of these datatypes.

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Most of the Oracle world or at least the part that I have seen uses NUMBER in some manner for tables.

Probably the other ones were put in for standards compatibility.

Have you tried searching for stuff related to this at asktom? Received on Sat Aug 20 2011 - 17:33:16 CDT

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