CAST vs. TO_NUMBER or TO_CHAR or TO_DATE or ...

  • From: "Rumpi Gravenstein" <rgravens@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:49:31 -0400

I've been looking at the Oracle CAST function vs. a TO_NUMBER or TO_CHAR or
....  Where both the CAST and TO_ functions result in equivalent answers, is
there a preferred choice?

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Rumpi Gravenstein

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