Understanding number datatype [A help for beginners]

I would like to share some practical aspects of Oracle Number datatype. Please visit following link.
http://mamohiuddin.blogspot.com/2007/03/practical-approach-to-understand-oracle.html
Thank you,
aijaz

My only comment would be, since this posting of yours is being made in March 2007, wouldn't it make sense to ensure that it's all correct for the latest version of Oracle (10.2) as 9iR2 is a little "old hat" now. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with what you've demonstrated, but you only quote it as being compatible with 9iR2 and 10.2 has now been available for a good couple of years.

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: Are there any guides out there for someone who knows how to use
: Linux, but not Oracle and how to write CGI's to access an
Oracle
: database? I have written CGI programs within Visual Basic for
NT
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: like to check out Oracle under Linux and Apache (unfortunately,
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people
: started? Are there PERL bindings to access an Oracle database?
: In general, how to those wishing to re-claim their
database-souls
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