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Re: number format (.5 instead of 0.5)

From: Jim Kennedy <kennedy-family_at_attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:20:52 GMT
Message-ID: <8x_j9.57290$gA4.9097@sccrnsc02>


AFAIK, no. Oracle is just giving you something that is a number. You are interested in how the number looks on the screen. Two different things. In whatever, tool you are using you could write a format function. Jim
"Tino Korth" <newsgroup_at_tk79.de> wrote in message news:ampc5g$a68$1_at_nntp-m01.news.aol.com...
> Hello,
>
> > maybe with is you're looking for:
> > select to_char(0.5,'0D0') from dual
>
> that's it! :o)
>
> Is is possible to set that format session-wide (ALTER SESSION SET ...)?
>
>
> Greetings from Rostock, Germany!
>
> Tino
>
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