Antw: Question about datatypes

Hej Roland (Sverige?),

I doubt that. If all the data is number in the varchar2 column, well, you don't need it to be varchar2.

The easiest solution seems to be:
INSERT INTO newtable SELECT TO_NUMBER(col) FROM oldtable;

Premise: all your data in that column IS number. If you're not sure, do some pl/sql to identify the erroneous rows and track them in another table for correction purposes.

hth,
Guido

>>> roland.skoldblom_at_ica.se 03.11.2003 11.14 Uhr >>>
Hallo,

Maybe this sounds simple for all of you, but I have a table with the field PRICE and that is with datatype varchar2 I want the data in that field to be inserted in another table with field PRICE, but that field has the datatype NUMBER. How can I deasiest do this sql statement?

I really have to have the Varchar dataype in table1.

Thanks in advance

Roland

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