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Re: Number or Decimal?

From: Brian Peasland <dba_at_nospam.peasland.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:50:16 GMT
Message-ID: <J5G7Bw.KM@igsrsparc2.er.usgs.gov>


dataman wrote:
> Which is more efficient?

Please define "efficient"?

Also, be advised, Oracle only has the NUMBER decimal type for storing numeric values in the database. There is no DECIMAL datatype.

HTH, Brian

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