RE: High values

Basically what I want to do is put a value in a VARCHAR2 column that will ensure it appears as the last row when selected using an ORDER BY on the column

John

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> From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [SMTP:DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM]
> Sent: 19 September 2002 21:09
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> Subject: RE: High values
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> John - Since nobody has replied to your question, I discussed it with a
> fellow COBOL programmer. I think that in COBOL you normally would use this
> in an iterative loop, as a comparison. In SQL itself, you rarely iterate,
> so
> you probably don't have that much need for a HIGH-VALUE. In PL/SQL you
> might
> be more likely to need it. Myself, I have used such a thing in the C
> language before, and there was usually a precompiler value that you could
> include. For Oracle, the maximum integer that can be represented is 38 9's
> times 10 to the 125th. power. Here is a web address that lists a lot of
> the
> Oracle limits as of 8.0.5.
>
> http://storacle.princeton.edu:9001/oracle8-doc/server.805/a58242/ch5.htm
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com <mailto:dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com>
>
>
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>
> Is there a Oracle equivalent to the Cobol HIGH-VALUES value?
>
> John
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