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Re: 64bit advantages

From: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult_at_oriole.com>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 23:41:36 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0058EB94.20030502234136@fatcity.com>


Alex wrote:
>
> you can use 64bit integers if you are doing some large computation.

An advantage if you do your computing OUTSIDE oracle, not inside it. Internally, it's the same old BCD as since ... er ... I've never known anything else ...

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