Hello John, This is a fine piece of PASCAL notation, where DIV is the integer division operator, whereas / is a floating point operation.
In text, one would say that numbers are stored in an internal BCD format, with two digits per byte, plus two extra bytes for the exponent and for signalling special values. Alexander Schr�der SAP DB, SAP Labs Berlin > -----Original Message----- > From: John L. Singleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Memory Formula Notataion > > > Hello all, > > Quick question, in the docs, what is this supposed to mean? (Memory > Requirements of a Column Value per Data Types) > > (p+1) DIV 2 + 2 > > This can't mean to take the graident of (2+2), since that is > a scalar. > Does it mean to divide, like: > > > ((p+1)/2) + 2 > > > > All Best, > JLS > > -- > MaxDB Discussion Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
