Return-Path: Delivered-To: 2-oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: (qmail 30067 invoked from network); 11 Oct 2007 09:35:56 -0500 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by 69.64.49.119 with SMTP; 11 Oct 2007 09:35:52 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id B6B9D79644F; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:35:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31512-01; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:35:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 358E27963B9; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:35:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:49:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 84054795E7A for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:49:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19234-07 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:49:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com (ik-out-1112.google.com [66.249.90.178]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 3B7CD795F92 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:49:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c29so1006697ika for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:49:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=nPbQnIaOyBOx02oVE6SAW/xuiokOjiXy9cv8RXXnZDg=; b=jLEgv6+xJfJ+n9B9q2MLkamyQjg2T52XA1HazIbQpVLFi6xmRc1bs++j31V1mdrzgv5ScaiIIq03EXX57wRaDH9aSnJufXkQZ/UhGTd5m/SOZOWhqhYurHyYlv1G66IGeOFeYR9K8wvOFCNcaHoqrUxpdmbxOmGpCVCvaM6YOt8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=FOtQaVO77mctetOTSJFFfcwSCmVRjJwh3l8eeCM/nxhIBFRI0pkb1c5r0ra95NQl6KzZwBdxTsW+O5PU74JH3FZLCYQkkr9dGk4tcaXI/BHlBPpl5klyhBelOd9hLYiUX8Jec85aSYW0q+53MAlYHF8B2TNLjBZ0939oSmXymYk= Received: by 10.142.131.18 with SMTP id e18mr545342wfd.1192110572058; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:49:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.107.7 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:49:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9c9b9dc90710110649i6086e04do68af4c54f6254fe@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:49:31 -0400 From: "Rumpi Gravenstein" To: oracle-l Subject: CAST vs. TO_NUMBER or TO_CHAR or TO_DATE or ... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_14948_16814466.1192110572017" X-archive-position: 2270 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: rgravens@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-to: rgravens@gmail.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain ------=_Part_14948_16814466.1192110572017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I've been looking at the Oracle CAST function vs. a TO_NUMBER or TO_CHAR or .... Where both the CAST and TO_ functions result in equivalent answers, is there a preferred choice? -- Rumpi Gravenstein ------=_Part_14948_16814466.1192110572017 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
I've been looking at the Oracle CAST function vs. a TO_NUMBER or TO_CHAR or ....  Where both the CAST and TO_ functions result in equivalent answers, is there a preferred choice?
 
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