Is there a way to use "COLUMN FORMAT" in a Pro*C/C++ app?

My application has some SQL statements like this:

SELECT

to_char(amount1, '99,999,990.00'), \
to_char(amount2, '99,999,990.00'), \
to_char(amount3, '99,999,990.00'), \
to_char(amount4, '99,999,990.00'),

Is that the only way to format real numbers from a precompiler application?

The command "COLUMN FORMAT" seems to work only from SQL*Plus.

TIA, -Ramon F Herrera Received on Mon Apr 02 2007 - 00:50:25 CDT