elain he wrote: > > Hi, > I'm trying to figure out the size (in bytes) of a DATE column. Executing the > three queries below returned me three different values. Is there any way of > finding the size of a date column in the database? > > Thanks. > > elain > > select * from testing; > DOB > --------- > 06-OCT-03 > > desc testing > Name > Null? Type > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- ------------- > DOB > DATE > > select avg_row_len from user_tables where table_name='TESTING'; > AVG_ROW_LEN > ----------- > 11 > > select data_length from dba_Tab_columns where table_name='TESTING'; > DATA_LENGTH > ----------- > 7 > > select length (timestamp) from abc; > LENGTH(TIMESTAMP) > ----------------- > 9 >
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