Oracle-L: RE: Format phone number

From: Chelur, Jayadas {PBSG} <jayadas.chelur_at_pepsi.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 12:21:59 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00598CB2.20030514122159@fatcity.com>

SELECT '('||SUBSTR(<phone_num_col>,1,3)||')'||

        SUBSTR(<phone_num_col>,4,3)||'-'||
 	  SUBSTR(<phone_num_col>,-4) 
FROM	  <table>

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Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 12:22 PM
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All

Say I have a phone number char column with a length of 10 phone # is 2129779898

I want to create a view with the number displayed (212)977-9898

Something like

select to_char(phone_number, '(999)999-9999') from phone_numbers; ORA-01481: invalid number format model

But obiviously the to_char donst behave as a universial formatting / mask function.
The function seems to, to_char only dates and currency

I've searched google and orafaq but nothing jumped out.

I know someone on this list has the answer...

Thanks!
bob
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