Oracle-L: RE: flag

From: Igor Neyman <ineyman_at_perceptron.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 12:56:48 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0059F1F5.20030521125648@fatcity.com>

It's not necessarily 22 bytes.
You can specify NUMBER(1) for "flag" column.

SQL> select lengthb(ENABLE_AUX_IDS_FLAG), ENABLE_AUX_IDS_FLAG from ipn_station;

LENGTHB(ENABLE_AUX_IDS_FLAG) ENABLE_AUX_IDS_FLAG

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                           1                   1

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
ineyman_at_perceptron.com

-----Original Message-----
Turner
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:17 PM
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Would you use a number or char for a flag in a table? Would you use a char since it's one byte and a number is 22 bytes?

Dave
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