You are right, but my intention is to avoid the Test itself.
Ravi
Chuck Fox wrote:
Ravi,
Why not try something like testing the var using Posix functions to determine if it is a number and then sprintfing ?
Ravi Kongara wrote on 8/19/2004, 6:25 PM:
I won't be able to use sprintf( ), b'coz column type is not known. Query includes both numeric and character columns. I may have to check for each column whether it's a NUMBER or not, and then apply sprintf, which i'm not in favour of. Instead if a set number format ( like date format) at session level, number columns are automatically rounded off .
Thanks for your quick reply though.
-Ravi
Reidy, Ron wrote:
The SQL*Plus 'set' commands are used for display purposes only to STDOUT. To get the correct formatting of variables, use 'sprintf()'.
See perldoc -d sprintf.
----------------- Ron Reidy Senior DBA Array BioPharma, Inc.
-----Original Message----- From: Ravi Kongara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 2:05 PM To: DBI-Users Subject: how to format query results
Task: Set the number format to 16 decimal positions for Oracle DBI session.
Versions: Perl 5.6.1, DBI 1.42, DBD::Oracle 1.14, Oracle 8.1.7 on Solaris.
I guess Oracle doesn't have 'ALTER SESSION' command for setting Number Format at session level. Basically how can i set those SQLPLUS options ( ex : set numwidth 16 ) in DBI..?
Any clues..?
Thanks, Ravi Kumar
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