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Re: how to insert string " Version 3.4.5 " into oracle as varchar2? Decimal causes problems

From: <martin_suttrup_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 07:06:01 GMT
Message-ID: <911uco$mr1$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

In article <qj383tckh68bh65vq4b2vvj7ks2oblk2ui_at_4ax.com>,   kilidire <cr389_at_torfree.net> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to insert that data into a table as a varchar2 ?
> Thanks.
> The decimal is causing some problems ...
>

Hi,
I didn't know what the problem should be. Test it: create table test(v1 varchar2(255));
insert into test values('Version 3.4.5');

May be you should not use double quotes (") to enclose strings.

Martin

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