RE: Create view using CAST to change datatype
- From: "Saira Somani-Mendelin" <saira_somani@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:34:34 -0500
I'm not sure why I'm leaning towards CAST...(I claim ignorance!)
In any case, I tried methods, both yours and Igor's, and received the
same error:
ORA-01722: invalid number
Somewhere in this table, there is a strange value. I was trying to make
life simpler without having to create multiple views to deal with these
data value issues (filter the view by some criteria).
So here's another question (just out of curiosity), how can I determine
which value is causing me problems?
Thanks for all your help so far! I appreciate the time.
Saira
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mercadante, Thomas F
Sent: March 19, 2004 10:10 AM
To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: Create view using CAST to change datatype
Saira,
This worked:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW tomview
AS
SELECT
col1, col2,
cast(NVL(RTRIM(col1),0) AS NUMBER) col1_numb
FROM tomtest
Values for the TOMTEST table were (' ',1);
SELECT * FROM tomview
returns
values of (' ', 1, 0)
And I agree wih Igor - why are you using CAST rather than to_number?
Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional
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