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Differences between NUMBER and BINARY_FLOAT in Oracle

Q

What Are the Differences between NUMBER and BINARY_FLOAT in Oracle?

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A

The main differences between NUMBER and BINARY_FLOAT are:

  • NUMBER stores values as fixed-point numbers using 1 to 22 bytes.
  • BINARY_FLOAT stores values as single precision floating-point numbers.

 

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General MySQL Oracle SQL Server