Database Space Problem

I have one large table that contains 50 columns.
The original table structure:
Key_id | .. .. | Value_1 | Value_2 | ... .. | Value_40 | updated_user | updated_date
The Type of Value_1 ~ Value_40 are 5 digital Integer.
The content of the Value_25 ~ Value_40 are not always filled. In order to save the database space, I use NULL value to represent Empty value instead of 0.
But updated_user and updated_date must be filled when new record added.
I want to know that if I put the updated_user and updated_date in front of the Column Value_1, more space of the Database will be saved or not?
The layout will be like this:
Key_id | .. .. | updated_user | updated_date | Value_1 | Value_2 | ... .. | Value_40
For example, I have a record like this
1234567, .. .. .. , , 45,35,.. .. , NULL, NULL, NULL, ben, 12-jan-2005
if I change to this format:
1234567, .. .. .. , ben, 12-jan-2005, 45,35,.. .. , NULL, NULL, NULL
More space of the Database will be saved or not?
Thank a lot

2nd option saves space as Oracle does not store nulls for trailing null columns

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Dear Satish,
You can check the database size and the available space size of a certain SAP system in transaction DB02. If you furthermore select "Object Details" (this is the name in NetWeaver 7.0, in NetWeaver 2004 it is slightly different, as far as I remember) you should be able to check the size of the R/3 tables which you are going to extract.
SE11 could be helpful, too. This transaction tells you which length the table records have. If you multiply the value with the number of records you want to extract, you will get a first impression regarding the space size that will be needed.
I hope that these hints help to answer your question.
Kind regards,
Stefan
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