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how to check if a number field is a number? [message #86897] Thu, 18 November 2004 12:24 Go to next message
sriram
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Registered: September 2000
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hey all,

how can you check if a parameter is a NUMBER or a CHAR in Oracle. I am reading flat files into staging tables(has only character fields) and then validate if it is a NUMBER and insert them into a seperate table(using a stored procedure). How can I do the validation part? Thanks any help is appretiated.

-sriram 

 

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Re: how to check if a number field is a number? [message #86915 is a reply to message #86897] Fri, 19 November 2004 18:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
S. Sathish Kumar
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You can use
get_item_property('item_name',datatype);

S. Sathish Kumar

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Re: how to check if a number field is a number? [message #86965 is a reply to message #86897] Wed, 24 November 2004 04:48 Go to previous message
rama krishna
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User To_number(column_name)...if it returns Error its not a numeric value as Simple as That..:-)

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Ram

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