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New Fast-Integer Datatype

You can use the new datatype PLS_INTEGER to boost performance. Like BINARY_INTEGER values, PLS_INTEGER values require less storage than NUMBER values. But, PLS_INTEGER operations use machine arithmetic, so they are considerably faster than BINARY_ INTEGER operations, which use library arithmetic.

For more information, see "PLS_INTEGER" [*].


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