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Re: which column type char,varchar2 is better for index?

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:44:58 -0700
Message-ID: <1087159514.176513@yasure>


Note in-line.

Note in-line.

> Depends where you want the efficiency - from an Oracle
> viewpoint,
> 0 is stored as 0x1 0x80
> 1 is stored as 0x2 0xC1 0x02
> which is arguably less efficient than the character equivalent.

Thanks.

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