Re: optimum datatype for primary key column O9i
Date: 29 Oct 2003 09:03:40 -0800
Message-ID: <678574d.0310290903.324875a5_at_posting.google.com>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Now as I need only
> > - integer values and of
> > - 12 digit positions all filled (i.e. maximum 1 or 2 leading zeroes)
> >
> > in an attempt to optimise
> > I will declare as NUMBER(12,0)
> >
> > Q. Is the storage pattern same if the number is shorter say NUMBER(10,2)
> > except off course the saving of say one byte per value
> > specially in indexes (I can even go shorter if required)
> >
> > and ...
> >
> > Q is there any overheads in joins when using NUMBER datatype
> > The highest use of the primary key will be in Joins
> > and the implicit internal index accesses and comparisions
> > in joins.
> >
> > There will hardly be any other use of the primary key values
> >
> > Regards
> > Sanjay Minni
>
> You DON'T NEED leading zeroes, and you can't store them in a number
> datatype (which is good, as leading zeroes is a *display* property).
> Number(10,2) means you have 10 positions, of which 2 are used as
> fraction.
> There is NO overhead in using a NUMBER datatype in joins!!
> There is overhead in using VARCHAR2s (which you already demonstrate as
> you seem to feel compelled mistakenly to pad them)
>
> Could you please brush up your manual reading skills? It's all there.
>
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA
How can anyone give such a rude and incompetent answer to a sensible
question?
Nobody claimed that leading zeroes can be stored in a number datatype.
The question is:
Are search operations which use the index faster when the index column
is declared as number(10,0) as compared to when it is declared as
number?
regards,
Does declaring a column as number(10,0) make it need less memory
storage than declaring it simply as number?
Max
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