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Space utilisation for number. [message #198967] Thu, 19 October 2006 07:38 Go to next message
msgforsunil
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Registered: November 2005
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Hi All,

After creating the following table.

create table NUMBERTEST (x integer, y number(38), z number(20,0), w number(2)) ;

If you see that y is declared as number(38). Would each value in this field actually occupy 38 bytes or would it occupy only it needs? In the sense would it behave like varchar2?


By the way, how do I find the space utilisation for a table?

Thanks,
Sunil

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Re: Space utilisation for number. [message #199052 is a reply to message #198967] Thu, 19 October 2006 20:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
rleishman
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It only occupies the space it needs. You can measure the space used by any value with the VSIZE() function.
Ross Leishman

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Re: Space utilisation for number. [message #199257 is a reply to message #199052] Sun, 22 October 2006 22:55 Go to previous message
msgforsunil
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Thanks. Will look into VSIZE() functionality.

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