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On 03/09/07 14:53, Chris Fischer wrote:
> All of Oracle's (non-float) number types are variable size
> numbers with an ordinal and a mantissa. This makes Oracle number
> very efficient for smaller values as compared to fixed size
> integers, but less efficient with larger values. NUMBER has a
> maximum precision of 38 digits with a scale of -84 to +127.
> NUMBER consumes between 1 and 22 bytes on disk. It is typical to
> specify a NUMBER with (p, s). In the absence of definition,
> precision of 38 and scale indeterminate will be assumed.
>
> The exception to this are IEEE floating point number types which
> are a fixed size regardless of value.
>
> Summary: Oracle has no fixed length equivlents to tinyint,
> smallint, int or bigint from other databases and can either store
> these values more or less efficiently than those databases with
> fixed length integer types.
Wow!!!! Didn't believe you (Oracle couldn't be *that* lame, could
it?), so I Googled.
According to Table 12-1 of this web page, Oracle will silently
truncate your numbers. There are no scalar data types!!!!
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96524/c13datyp.htm
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