存储过程中变量类型：number，pls_integer,small integer

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今天在查看批量提交脚本时发现，很多存储过程变量定义整形时都是使用PLS_INTEGER，不禁疑惑它跟number有什么不同。

查看一些资料：

PLS_INTEGER Datatype
You use the PLS_INTEGER datatype to store signed integers. Its magnitude range is -2147483648 to 2147483647, represented in 32 bits. PLS_INTEGER values require less storage than NUMBER values and NUMBER subtypes. Also, PLS_INTEGER operations use hardware arithmetic, so they are faster than NUMBER operations, which use library arithmetic. For efficiency, use PLS_INTEGER for all calculations that fall within its magnitude range. For calculations outside the range of PLS_INTEGER, you can use the INTEGER datatype.

Benefits of Using PLS_INTEGER Datatype in PL/SQL

If you have a whole-number counter, for example in a loop or record counter, consider using a datatype ofPLS_INTEGER instead of INTEGER or NUMBER. When declaring an integer variable, PLS_INTEGER is the most efficient numeric datatype because its values require less storage than INTEGER or NUMBER values, which are represented internally as 22-byte Oracle numbers. Also, PLS_INTEGER operations use machine arithmetic, so they are faster than BINARY_INTEGER, INTEGER, or NUMBER operations, which use library arithmetic.

TIPS:

1）pls_integer类型也是数字类型，但和number类型不同，number可以存储实数，而pls_integer只能存储-2147483647到+2147483647之间的整数，如果使用pls_integer类型时发生溢出，系统将会报错。
2）binary_integer与pls_integer类似，在9.2版本以前大量使用，从9.2以后，从Oracle内部一些组件可以看的出，大有被pls_integer取代之势(pls_integer比binary_integer具有更少的存储开销和更好的访问性能，所以Oracle从9.2以后推荐你尽量能使用pls_integer就使用pls_integer)。它也是只能存储-2147483647到+2147483647之间的整数。
3）在oracle 11g中，又增加了一个新的类似的数据类型simple_integer,不过simple_integer不能包含空值，它的取值范围是[-2147483648..2147483647]。在11g中，simple_integer相对pls_integer在性能上又有所提高，如果在实际的pl/sql中既不需要overflow检查也不会包含null值，Oracle建议你使用simple_integer.

做了一个简单的测试，1个包含123w条数据表某个字段的更新操作。

declare

rnt number(4):= 0; ------------此处变换类型为 pls_integer,small integer

begin

for idx in (select rowid rid from autotest.photo_test ) loop

update test.photo_test set point = point * 100 where rowid = idx.rid;

rnt := rnt + 1;

if rnt = 2000 then

rnt := 0;

commit;

end if;

end loop;