RE: to_number question

From: <Stephen.Lee_at_DTAG.Com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:38:59 -0500
Message-ID: <D6339830FC73944E889CC3CEADDB205B07909516@bu-dtagpo1.tracs.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> Almost certainly somewhere in your column you have at least
> one value that fails to convert to a number.

I'm inclined to agree because the following works: to_number(translate(nbr_cc_no_high,'0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcd efghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ','0123456789'))

Some creator of data around here needs to be slapped.

You still have to wonder why it isn't a problem in the SELECT part; but IS a problem in WHERE part.

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