another advantage of having numeric primary key is, it is faster
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From: Rajagopal Venkataramany <rajagopalvr_at_hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: Primary key type selection
> Hi,
>
> The first advantage is the space saving. A number field takes less no.
> of bytes than a varchar2 field. This decrease in storage may
> positively impact performance...
>
> Regards
> Rajagopal Venkataramany
>
>
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> Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:54:12 -0800
>
> Is there any advantages and disadvantages (performance? , ...) between
> NUMBER and VARCHAR2 for primary key column?
>
> Alex Hillman
>
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