RE: quick syntax question ...

From: Jamadagni, Rajendra <rajendra.jamadagni_at_espn.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 10:20:37 -0500
Message-Id: <10729.125520@fatcity.com>

Adam,

This would be implicit conversion ... if you are assigning it to a integer variable, the conversion would be handled by Oracle implicitly. You could force a TO_NUMBER to make it an explicit conversion (it improves readability).

If you are using it in SQL, you can to a to_number() for the fieldname or column name.

HTH
Raj

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