You can still specify number(10,0) which would be the closest equivalent to
integer (it would still use the full "number" bytes though). With this,
why add integers -- except in programming which they give you through
pl/sql.
Doug Cowles <dcowles_at_nospambigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:38078856.825B1A8D_at_nospambigfoot.com...
> I guess that's my original confusion - under ANSI datatype support, it
> indicates that most of these datatypes are really under the covers
> converted to variations of NUMBER. If this is the case, then I don't
> see any reason to use them. Is this true? And what does everyone else
> think?
>
> - D
>
> fumi wrote:
>
> > Doug Cowles <dcowles_at_nospambigfoot.com> wrote in message
> > news:37FED0DB.DEE58F0D_at_nospambigfoot.com...
> > > Any idea where I can find some documentation on these?
> > >
> > > Terry Dykstra wrote:
> >
> > Take a look at "Datatype - ANSI datatype support" in the Oracle SQL
> > Reference.
>
>
>
Received on Fri Oct 15 1999 - 17:57:54 CDT
