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ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allows for this column

Asked 2008-10-08T04:30:11.650
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We get sometimes the following error from our partner's database:

ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allows for this column

What can be the cause for this error?

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It might be a good practice to define variables like below:

v_departmentid departments.department_id%TYPE;

NOT like below:

v_departmentid NUMBER(4)
answered 2010-04-30T02:00:39.077

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