Kbase 15790: How much disk storage space is used for various field types
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
10/05/1998 |
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How much disk storage space is used for various field types
The amount of disk storage space used for a field depends on its
data type. The breakdown is as follows:
Data Type Field Storage (in BYTES)
--------- ------------------------
CHARACTER 1 + (number of characters, excluding trailing
blanks)
[If the number of characters exceeds 240, add
3 to the number of characters instead of 1.]
DATE 3
DECIMAL
zero 1
non-zero 2 + (number of significant digits + 1) / 2
INTEGER
zero 1
+/- 127 2
+/- 32767 3
+/- 8 million 4
+/- 2 billion 5
LOGICAL
false 1
true 2
Progress Software Technical Support Note # 15790