Re: number only

From: Connor McDonald <hamcdc_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:23:49 +0100 (BST)
Message-ID: <20040630142349.82248.qmail@web25208.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

select replace(translate(col,A,B),'x',null) from table

where

A is string of all ascii chars except '0' to '9' B is string the same length as A consisting entirely of 'x'

hth
connor

• Oracle <oracle_list_at_hotmail.com> wrote: > I have a column with data such as :
  >
  > abc123
  > 123
  > abcde
  >
  > I want to write a query which returns only numbers from the column , if
  > there are none, then default to 999
  > So i would have:
  >
  > 123
  > 123
  > 999
  >
  > Any ideas on the syntax?
  >
  

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