Oracle-L: Re: flag

From: <Reginald.W.Bailey_at_jpmorgan.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 13:16:55 -0800
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I would use a CHAR or VARCHAR2 for a simple one character flag.

RWB

Reginald W. Bailey
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Would you use a number or char for a flag in a table? Would you use a char since it's one byte and a number is 22 bytes?

Dave

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