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NUMBER datatype

From: <gregk72_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:41:45 GMT
Message-ID: <7pa437$rut$1@nnrp1.deja.com>


When I do a Analyze table on table with Number datatypes in it, the statistics always come back indicating that number fields take 22 bytes regardless of the precision and scale indicated when creating the column. Do NUMBER fields ALWAYS take 22 bytes??

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