Check dbms_stats.convert_raw_value. I don't know when this set of procedures was introduced, but they can be used to take a raw input (e.g. your c403135456) and decode it into a variable of the correct type. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html March 2004 Hotsos Symposium - The Burden of Proof Dynamic Sampling - an investigation March 2004 Charlotte OUG (www.cltoug.org) CBO Tutorial April 2004 Iceland June 2004 UK - Optimising Oracle Seminar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Moynahan" <Mark.Moynahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:31 PM Subject: Question about block dump > When doing a block dump is there a way to determine the rowid you're looking > for? What if the first column in each row a primary key and has a number > datatype. Could that first column be used to determine the row your looking > for? If so, how are number datatypes stored internally in Oracle? > > for instance, in the trace file the first column looks like this: > col 0: [ 5] c4 03 13 54 56 > > How would I convert this to the actual number in the primary key column? > > Thanks, ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------