-With Oracle 11g, the new data type `simple_integer` has been introduced. It is a sub-type of `pls_integer` and covers the same range. The basic difference is that `simple_integer` is always `not null`. When the value of the declared variable is never going to be null then you can declare it as `simple_integer`. Another major difference is that you will never face a numeric overflow using `simple_integer` as this data type wraps around without giving any error. `simple_integer` data type gives major performance boost over `pls_integer` when code is compiled in `native` mode, because arithmetic operations on `simple_integer` type are performed directly at the hardware level.
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