Re: to_number question
- From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Stephen.Lee@xxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:34:30 -0400
Wednesday, July 14, 2004, 7:56:06 PM, Stephen.Lee@xxxxxxxx
(Stephen.Lee@xxxxxxxx) wrote:
SLDC> But if I try something like
SLDC> select yadayada from table where 123 < {any of the above number
SLDC> conversions)
SLDC> I get ORA-01722: invalid number
Almost certainly somewhere in your column you have at least
one value that fails to convert to a number. Offhand, one
way that comes to mind to find that one value is to write a
loop inside a PL/SQL block that goes through your table
row-by-row doing the TO_NUMBER conversion. Wrap that
conversion in its own block, with an exception handler, and
you should be able to trap on the specific row having the
non-numeric value.
Best regards,
Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are
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