Re: Storage

From: Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 21:36:48 GMT
Message-ID: <9innp802u3s@drn.newsguy.com>

In article <3b4f53ed_4_at_news1.prserv.net>, "Kumar" says...
>
>Hi guys,
>
>How does oracle store all its numbers, integer and floating points? Does it
>store in packed decimal or IEEE format?
>
>Thanks
>Kumar
>
>

see
http://technet.oracle.com/doc/oracle8i_816/server.816/a76965/c10datyp.htm#784

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