Return-Path: Delivered-To: 2-oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: (qmail 11052 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2008 14:29:13 -0500 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by air964.startdedicated.com with SMTP; 7 Jul 2008 14:29:13 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 12E52879F58; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:29:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01120-02; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:29:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 7D71287A0B0; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:29:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:49:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 57C8D875797 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:49:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25493-01 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:49:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 2DD83878AA6 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:49:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id z57so916105pyg.22 for ; Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:49:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=efuJh5m7IdaXuVAs19K7MsoXOrieTX5gl3vOnivnQJY=; b=F5V9hxUn91BZUlNv0//O6qg3jHL3owSgW4VwJlXfJ0M6MGCL+rbVHQcmUXVQlrb5y7 nKZzCM3lB2eyU+rCfvAj4AhL6Zy1nB0Xrtsd9qtHtquUHqZjY75w0ATQeB7N0GQ62rOu 1qCkV32UHpmboX7p8EIVQYtzcpbFqaihX8nKk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=FRKzBr7HAMt1gY+NzGEP46D92/tM2sXH2ECrieDduBV7E8DuX4RSFNDYZAjBOzACJP F48OMo1uoo93XYrsczK03fRt1db20girzUYKVF7VIY6ly+O9nsUpaSpGtUKztgJ8dOQP /mV1LfDQ247V5q8joBk139naiE9qIoXdvweDk= Received: by 10.141.48.10 with SMTP id a10mr2666717rvk.4.1215456596027; Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:49:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.76.5 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:49:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:49:55 -0700 From: "Jared Still" To: "Oracle-L Freelists" Subject: Re: Limit or Bug? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_20085_29456736.1215456595977" References: X-archive-position: 9341 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: jkstill@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-to: jkstill@gmail.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain ------=_Part_20085_29456736.1215456595977 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Jared Still wrote: > > The following bit of SQL uses the mod() function to determine modulus 2 of > two large numbers > > 13:37:20 SQL>set echo on > 13:37:24 SQL>@mod_test > 13:37:25 SQL> > 13:37:25 SQL> > 13:37:25 SQL> > 13:37:25 SQL>select mod(power(2,127)-1,2) from dual > 13:37:25 2 / > > Question was answered on OTN forums. http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=678729 It's in the docs - scale is limited to a range of -84 to 127 *http://tinyurl.com/6qllqu *-- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist ------=_Part_20085_29456736.1215456595977 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@gmail.com> wrote:

The following bit of SQL uses the mod() function to determine modulus 2 of two large numbers

13:37:20 SQL>set echo on
13:37:24 SQL>@mod_test
13:37:25 SQL>
13:37:25 SQL>
13:37:25 SQL>
13:37:25 SQL>select mod(power(2,127)-1,2) from dual
13:37:25   2  /


Question was answered on OTN forums.

http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=678729

It's in the docs - scale is limited to a range of -84 to 127

http://tinyurl.com/6qllqu


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Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
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