On Jun 11, 3:29 pm, Brian Peasland <d..._at_nospam.peasland.net> wrote:
> sunadmnwrote:
> > Afternoon all,
>
> > I am trying to figure out how to some data manipulation that is
> > straight SQL and not native to SQL*Plus. I have data that returns like
> > this in a query:
>
> > PERIOD RESPONSE COUNT
> > 00 36.83333333333333333333333333333333333333 12
> > 01 42.16666666666666666666666666666666666667 12
> > 02 40.08333333333333333333333333333333333333 12
> > 03 54.83333333333333333333333333333333333333 12
> > 04 55.66666666666666666666666666666666666667 12
>
> > Now from the above I would like to just drop everything after the
> > second spot behind the decimal point but I am not sure how to do it
> > inside SQL. If I were coding this in Perl I would just use a regex or
> > something to manipulate the data the way I would like, but I am stuck
> > using the BIRT framework of Eclipse and it really only understands
> > straight SQL. Any pointers you could provide would be greqat.
>
> > Thanks a million,
> > -Steve
>
> Another alternative....
>
> SQL> select trunc(9999.999999,2) from dual;
>
> TRUNC(9999.999999,2)
> --------------------
> 9999.99
>
> HTH,
> Brian
>
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Great guys thanks a million here these both are eaxctly what I was
looking for.
Received on Wed Jun 13 2007 - 09:04:37 CDT
