Re: Physical Storage Requirements for NUMBER attributes.

From: John Johnson <jjohnson_at_aphis.usda.gov>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 14:37:13
Message-ID: <jjohnson.4.000E9F38_at_aphis.usda.gov>


In article <3kn6tk$5eh_at_inn-amct.atc.alcoa.com> DPWCC02.OBERLE02_at_SSW.ALCOA.COM (Oberle, John F.) writes:
>From: DPWCC02.OBERLE02_at_SSW.ALCOA.COM (Oberle, John F.)
>Subject: Physical Storage Requirements for NUMBER attributes.
>Date: 21 Mar 1995 18:46:12 GMT
 

>I have inherited a database with many fields having the default
>of NUMBER(38). In a similar ORACLE (DEC) Rdb database those
>fields are defined as integers which take 1 word to store. How
>much space does a NUMBER(38) take? Is there a way to dump data
>from an ORACLE database to examine what the physical storage
>looks like?
 

>Thanks in advance
 

>John F. Oberle
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