Mike, does not play it too easy: select * from dual where 'xyz'>'' and to_number('abc') > 0 * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01722: invalid number SQL> select * from dual where dummy > '' and to_number(dummy) > 0; no rows selected (10.2.0.4 on Sunos10 - 2nodeRAC) seems to be something for deeper investigating ;-) Martin Am 09.09.2009 um 07:19 schrieb Michael Moore:
Ric, On my system select * from dual where 'xyz'>'' and to_number('abc') > 0; throws a numeric error Mike