Ed, You showed the largest 4 byte number. Each "FF" is a single byte,
Fred On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 21, 2011, at 3:09 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > > > However, when I run some tests, the resulting number is a 10-digit > > numeric. Perhaps I'm mixing units here, but isn't that beyond 8-byte? > > I mean, I've dealt with packed decimals years ago in Assembler, but when > > he says "8-byte numeric", isn't he meaning a type of n(8) ? > > Bytes are binary, not decimal. The largest 8-byte number is > hexadecimal FFFFFFFF > > >>> print int(0xFFFFFFFF) > 4294967295 > > Count the number of digits in the output. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJCBksrRo7C8q5aY-pvhca39CxsLmuVn0Avc1O7SGj-=mwg...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
