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  • November 3, 2010 at 10:13 am

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    http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Oracle/Datatypes-Used-in-Oracle-9i/1/

    A NUMBER datatype with no parameters is set to its maximum size.

    Edit: Found another site that says if precision isn't specify, then 38 is used.

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