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How do you decide which integer type to use?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: June 21, 2008     Asked by: lakshmi5783 
  
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June 21, 2008 01:12:42   #1  
dattatray shinde Member Since: June 2008   Contribution: 1    

RE: How do you decide which integer type to use?
Its depends on data which your using.suppose you want to store the age then CHAR age is useful.
 
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