Exponential puzzler
- From: "Robertson Lee - lerobe" <Lee.Robertson@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:06:23 -0000
Guys,
Anyone had to convert an exponential number to a proper decimal number ?
Ive got a varchar2 field which holds an exponential number as a string
and need to get it out as a real number....
e.g
select popularity from lee1;
returns
8.912655903259292E-5
I would have thought a simple
select to_number(popularity) from lee1;
would work but it returns exactly the same.
I know I can format it in SQL*Plus but this is actually part of an
application and I need to update a table with the numeric value of the
exponential string.
TIA
Lee
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