> > If an INT has a fixed range, then what is the point of giving it scale? As > in, "int(12)". > > In Oracle, a NUMBER(12) indicates how many digits you could have (in this > case, 99999999999 would be the max value). > > Would an int(2) allow -99 to 99, or -2147483648 to 2147483647?
That's because in Oracle NUMBER is a primitive or internal type and has 38 digits of precision. Everything else including INTEGER is a subtype of NUMBER. So in Oracle, you must limit the subtype or you'll have an INTEGER that can store a number up to like 10^125. For example, the subtype BINARY_INTEGER is a signed int with range -2147483648 to 2147483647. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Brando Senior Manager of Engineering Applied Biosystems 3833 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134-1701 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
