Re: Format phone number

Bob Metelsky wrote:
>
> 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

Bob,

  Write your own function. Convert the number to char, substr() the various parts and concatenate to '(', ')' and '-' where required. About 5 lines of PL/SQL, BEGIN and END included.

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