Raj,
I want select only those service_code which start with a number(0-9) then
user to_number, replace select all those also start with (a-z).


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where
to_number(replace(msc_service_code,'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZqazwsxedcrfvtg
byhnujmikolp')) between 7 and 30 ...

Raj
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Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:39 PM
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LYNDA,

If you look at my table staructure service_code in varchar2(30)and the data
in this column can be a number or a number start with a charachter(A-Z)like
A1200,B6500,Z9098 etc,in first subquery I want to select all those
service_code wich start with (0-9) then in WHERE Clause I use TO_NUMBER
becaz I know in subqury It returns all the numeric values:
E.G
select count(*)
>       from (select MSC_SERVICE_CODE,MSC_MTF_SERVICE_ID
>         from MTF_SERVICE_CODE_MSC 
>           where 
>                 substr(MSC_SERVICE_CODE, 1, 1) in  
> ('9','8','7','6','5','4','3','2','1','0')) a  ----->>> reurn all service
code start with 0-9
>                       where
>                        to_number(a.MSC_SERVICE_CODE) between 7 and 30
--->> Here a.MSC_SERVICE_CODE convert it to TO_NUMBER  .

Thanks allot





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