Re: Data storage for Numeric data

On Jun 13, 2001 at 05:01:29AM, Cale, Rick T (Richard) wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> If I have fields defined as NUMBER(2,0) and NUMBER(7,0) how much storage
> does Oracle used if fields are NULL or the
> fields do not use entire width.

Nothing if a field contains NULL and locates at the end of row

1 byte if if contains NULL

Max field length of NUMBER(2,0) is 3 bytes (1 byte length, 1 sign, 1 byte data)

Max field length of NUMBER(7,0) is 6 bytes (1 byte lengtj, 1 sign, 4 byte data)

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