l to h A compression clause for all-numeric columns that translates the column values into a compact, encoded form. You can mix mapped and unmapped columns, but the most storage space is gained by building indexes of multiple columns of data type SMALLINT or INTEGER. Oracle Rdb attempts to compress all such columns into the smallest possible space. The l (low) through h (high) specifies the range of integers as the value of the index key. The Oracle Rdb SQL Reference Manual describes addiional restrictions about this argument.