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        De:     Jared Still [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
        Date:   vendredi 6 décembre 2002 09:59
        À:      Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
        Objet:  Re: To_Number


        No, she isn't.

        On Thursday 05 December 2002 14:19, Fink, Dan wrote:
        > Yes, yes you are.
        >
        > -----Original Message-----
        > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:50 PM
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        >
        >
        > Am I the only one wondering why an obviously numeric field
        > (unit_cost???) is being stored as varchar?
        >
        > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
        > > Laura,
        > >
        > > Are those really zeros in $34,000.05 or are they letter Os?  If
so
        > > use
        > > Replace.  (Beware of letter l being used instead of numeral 1 as
        > > well.)
        > >
        > > Any leading or trailing spaces?  If so use Trim(unit_cost).
        > >
        > > Just a couple of quick suggestions.
        > >
        > > Jack C. Applewhite
        > > Database Administrator
        > > Austin Independent School District
        > > Austin, Texas
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        > >
        > >                     "Burton, Laura
        > >
        > >                     L."                  To:     Multiple
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        > >                     <BurtonL@prism        <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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        > >                     plus.com>            cc:
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        > >                     Sent by:             Subject:     To_Number
        > >
        > >                     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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        > >                     om
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        > >
        > >                     12/05/2002
        > >
        > >                     01:24 PM
        > >
        > >                     Please respond
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        > >                     to ORACLE-L
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        > >
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        > >
        > >
        > >
        > >
        > >
        > > I have a table which contains a Unit_Cost varchar2(16) which
contains
        > > $34,000.05.  I can enter select
        > > to_number('$34,990.08','$999,999,999.99')
        > > from dual; and the results is 34990.08.  However when I enter
select
        > > to_number(unit_cost,'$999,999,999.99') from elas.qdr I get
ora-01722:
        > > invalid number.
        > >
        > >
        > > Is there any other way to do this?  I am trying to add a
varchar2
        > > field
        > > that contains $ and commas.  I thought the to_number function
would
        > > convert
        > > the data to a number field.
        > >
        > >
        > > Thanks,
        > >
        > >
        > > Laura
        > >
        > >
        > >
        > >
        > >
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