Re: C equivalent for Oracle NUMBER data type ?

Ernst Kloecker (ernst_at_cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote:
> What is a safe C equivalent for the Oracle data type number ? I am
> generating NUMBERs from a SEQUENCE and need to store them in C
> variables safely. (I am using a VARCHAR[40] right now, is that o.k. ?)
As far as I know, you have to convert them to character format. Bleurgh :-(
So yes, VARCHAR[40] is correct. Or any equivalent string type.

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